Articles | Volume 24, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3627-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3627-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Risk of compound flooding substantially increases in the future Mekong River delta
Melissa Wood
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK
Ivan D. Haigh
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Quan Quan Le
Southern Institute of Water Resources Research (SIWRR), 658th Vo Van Kiet Avenue, Ward 1, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hung Nghia Nguyen
Southern Institute of Water Resources Research (SIWRR), 658th Vo Van Kiet Avenue, Ward 1, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hoang Ba Tran
Southern Institute of Water Resources Research (SIWRR), 658th Vo Van Kiet Avenue, Ward 1, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Stephen E. Darby
School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Robert Marsh
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Nikolaos Skliris
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Joël J.-M. Hirschi
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Data sets
FABDEM V1-2 University of Bristol https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/s5hqmjcdj8yo2ibzi9b4ew3sn
Short summary
We look at how compound flooding from the combination of river flooding and storm tides (storm surge and astronomical tide) may be changing over time due to climate change, with a case study of the Mekong River delta. We found that future compound flooding has the potential to flood the region more extensively and be longer lasting than compound floods today. This is useful to know because it means managers of deltas such as the Mekong can assess options for improving existing flood defences.
We look at how compound flooding from the combination of river flooding and storm tides (storm...
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