Enhancing New York City's resilience to sea level rise and increased coastal flooding

Gornitz, Vivien; Oppenheimer, Michael; Kopp, Robert; Horton, Radley; Orton, Philip; Rosenzweig, Cynthia; Solecki, William; Patrick, Lesley

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100654

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Enhancing New York City's resilience to sea level rise and increased coastal flooding

2020
By Gornitz, Vivien ; Oppenheimer, Michael ; Kopp, Robert ; ...

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Journal Title:

Urban Climate
Personal Author:

Gornitz, Vivien ; Oppenheimer, Michael ; Kopp, Robert ; Horton, Radley ; Orton, Philip ; Rosenzweig, Cynthia ; Solecki, William ; Patrick, Lesley
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
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Accelerating Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheet ice mass losses and potential West Antarctic Ice Sheet instability may lead to higher than previously anticipated future sea levels. The New York City Panel on Climate Change Antarctic Rapid Ice Melt (ARIM) upper-end, low probability sea level rise (SLR) scenario, which incorporates recent ice loss trends, improved ice sheet-ocean-atmosphere modeling, and potential ice sheet destabilization, projects SLR of up to 2.1 m by the 2080s and up to 2.9 m by 2100, at high greenhouse gas emissions (NPCC, 2019). These results exceed previous high-end SLR projections (90th percentile) of 1.5 m by the 2080s and 1.9 m by 2100, relative to 2000–2004 (NPCC, 2015).
Keywords:

Atmospheric Science Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Geography, Planning And Development Urban Studies Geography, Planning And Development Geography, Planning And Development
Source:

Urban Climate, 33, 100654
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100654
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2212-0955
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PDF
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Elsevier BV
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA15OAR4310147
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Accepted Manuscript
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