Assessing the role of mangrove forest in reducing coastal inundation during major hurricanes

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• Journal Title:
  Hydrobiologia
• Personal Author:
  Sheng, Y. Peter ; Zou, Ruizhi
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Description:
  A vegetation-resolving CH3D-SWAN surge–wave modeling system is used to examine the role of mangroves and salt marshes along the shore of Biscayne Bay in buffering surge, wave, and inundation in Southeast Florida during Hurricane Andrew (1992). First, the 3D vegetation-resolving model is validated by comparing the simulated and measured high water marks from post-hurricane field survey, debris lines, and time series of water level at the Haulover Pier. The simulated water levels and magnitude and extent of maximum inundation agree well with the observed data, whereas the removal of vegetation from the model leads to massive flooding with increased total inundation volume and total inundation area in the highly populated low-lying area behind the Biscayne Bay.
• Keywords:
  Aquatic Science
• Source:
  Hydrobiologia, 803(1), 87-103
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3201-8
• ISSN:
  0018-8158 ; 1573-5117
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Springer Science and Business Media LLC
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA11OAR4310105
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:34233a03154287e4666c6d4ba170c4a1d1692714bcc018086e64786a7ae46e8a
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/58513/noaa_58513_DS1.pdf
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