Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: North Carolina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Payne ◽  
Ian Brown
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: South Carolina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Payne ◽  
Rebecca Neubauer ◽  
Kirstin Dow ◽  
Eleanor Davis ◽  
Ian Brown
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

scholarly journals Projecting the Effects of Land Subsidence and Sea Level Rise on Storm Surge Flooding in Coastal North Carolina

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Johnston ◽  
Felicio Cassalho ◽  
Tyler Miesse ◽  
Celso Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
The United States

Abstract Much of the United States Atlantic coastline continues to subside due to post glacial settlement and ground water depletion. Combined with sea level rise (SLR), this contributes to a larger relative rate of SLR regionwide. In this work, we utilize the ADvanced CIRCulation model to simulate storm surges across coastal North Carolina. Simulations of recent Hurricanes Irene (2011) and Matthew (2016) are performed considering SLR projections and land subsidence estimates for the year 2100. The model is validated against historic water level observations with generally strong agreement (mean R2 0.81, RMSE 10–31 cm). At current rates of subsidence, storm surge susceptible regions increase on the order of 30–40% by 2100 relative to near-present day conditions. Flood water redistribution leaves low-lying areas especially vulnerable, as many of which also experience increased land subsidence. Combined with SLR projections, results project more than a doubling of areal flood extent for Hurricane Irene from ~ 2,000 km2 (2011) to 5,000 km2 (2100, subsidence + 74 cm), and more than a 3-fold increase ~ 1,400 km2 (2016) to 4,900 km2 (2100, subsidence + 74 cm) for Hurricane Matthew. The expected inundation increases have substantial implications for communities and ecosystems located in coastal North Carolina.

scholarly journals Marsh macrophyte responses to inundation anticipate impacts of sea-level rise and indicate ongoing drowning of North Carolina marshes

2012 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Voss ◽  
Robert R. Christian ◽  
James T. Morris
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level

scholarly journals Sea-level rise research and dialogue in North Carolina: Creating windows for policy change

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Poulter ◽  
Rebecca L. Feldman ◽  
Mark M. Brinson ◽  
Benjamin P. Horton ◽  
Michael K. Orbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Policy Change

scholarly journals On the differences between two semi-empirical sea-level models for the last two millennia

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 3551-3581 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vermeer ◽  
S. Rahmstorf ◽  
A. Kemp ◽  
B. Horton
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Global Mean Sea Level ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
The Last Two Millennia ◽  
Global Mean

Abstract. We compare hindcasts of global mean sea level over the past millennium obtained using two semi-empirical models linking temperature and sea-level rise. The models differ in that one of them includes a term for a very long-term sea-level rise component unfolding over many millennia. On short (century) time scales, both models give very similar results. Proxy sea-level reconstructions from the northern (North Carolina) and southern (New Zealand and Tasmania) hemispheres are used to test the ability of both models to reproduce the longer-term sea-level evolution. In both comparisons the model including the second term produces a markedly better fit from 1000 AD to the present. When both models are used for generating sea-level projections, they behave similarly out to 2100 AD. Further out, to 2300–2500 AD, the projections differ significantly, in no small part due to different values for the sea-level response time scale τ obtained. We conclude that careful model validation on long time scales is important before attempting multi-century projections.

Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: Georgia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wildes ◽  
Shana Campbell Jones ◽  
J. Scott Pippin
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Recent and Future Outlooks for Nuisance Flooding Impacts on Roadways on the U.S. East Coast

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Jacobs ◽  
Lia R. Cattaneo ◽  
William Sweet ◽  
Theodore Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Flood Frequency ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Public Road ◽  
Federal Highway ◽  
Wind Events

Tidal floods (i.e., “nuisance” flooding) are occurring more often during seasonal high tides or minor wind events, and the frequency is expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades. During these flood events, coastal communities’ roads are often impassable or difficult to pass, thus impacting routine transport needs. This study identifies vulnerable roads and quantifies the risk from nuisance flooding in the Eastern United States by combining public road information from the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Performance Monitoring System with flood frequency maps, tidal gauge historic observations, and future projections of annual minor tidal flood frequencies and durations. The results indicate that tidal nuisance flooding across the East Coast threatens 7508 miles (12,083 km) of roadways including over 400 miles (644 km) of interstate roadways. From 1996–2005 to 2006–2015, there was a 90% average increase in nuisance floods. With sea level rise, nuisance-flood frequency is projected to grow at all locations assessed. The total induced vehicle-hours of delay due to nuisance flooding currently exceed 100 million hours annually. Nearly 160 million vehicle-hours of delay across the East Coast by 2020 (85% increase from 2010); 1.2 billion vehicle-hours by 2060 (126% increase from 2010); and 3.4 billion vehicle-hours by 2100 (392% increase from 2010) are projected under an intermediate low sea-level-rise scenario. By 2056–2065, nuisance flooding could occur almost daily at sites in Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, and Florida under an intermediate sea-level-rise scenario.

Modeling Barrier Island Response to Sea-Level Rise in the Outer Banks, North Carolina

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura J. Moore ◽  
Jeffrey H. List ◽  
S. Jeffress Williams ◽  
David Stolper
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Barrier Island ◽  
Outer Banks
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