Earth Data Science
A Multi-decadal Coastal Water Level Model Reanalysis for Coastal Inundation and Flood Risk Assessment (Reanalysis)
Description
The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is conducting a series of long-term simulations of coastal water levels in the US east and Gulf of Mexico coastal regions. The ADCIRC storm surge, tide, and wind-wave model is used to compute the storm surge and tide response to coastal water levels for the period 1979-2022, forced by the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) 41-year meteorological reanalysis known as ERA5. The resulting 44-year coastal water level dataset can be used for a variety of applications, including extreme water level characterization and boundary conditions for smaller, regional model applications.
RENCI's Role
RENCI leads all aspects of this project.