Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding - Part 1

Overview

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Explore a comprehensive conference session on sea level rise and coastal flooding from the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. Delve into various aspects of sea level change, including calculation methods, patterns, distributions, and contributions. Examine extreme sea levels, allowances, and the Gamma Distribution. Investigate hydrodynamic models, tropical cyclones, and their impacts on sea level predictions. Learn about historical tidal measurements, causes of sea level change, and land level variations. Gain insights from experts in the field as they discuss key uncertainties and adaptation pathways for addressing this critical environmental issue.

Syllabus

Introduction
How do we calculate sea level changes
Sea level patterns
Sea level distribution
Sea level contribution
Extreme sea level
Allowances
Gamma Distribution
Gas Law Dataset
Hydrodynamic Immortals
Europe
End result
Global hydrodynamic model
Model Grid
Era
Tropical Cyclones
Model Framework
Results
Next steps
Gamma distributions
Atlantic distributions
Boston sea level record
Leonie Baldwin
Tidal Measurements
Causes of Sea Level Change
Land Level Change
John Ripley Freeman
Conclusion
References
Perspective Articles
Discussion
Key uncertainties
Adaptation Pathways