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Publicado el: 2023-03-09
Tiempo de estudio aproximado: .75 - 1.00 h
Incluye sonido: no
Áreas temáticas
Geospatial
Oceanography/Marine/Tsunami
Descripción:
Coastal water levels rise and fall for many reasons, including tides and other environmental factors. Inundation occurs when water levels rise above the land surface elevation. Inundation events can flood coastal infrastructure, erode coastal defenses, and harm to coastal ecosystems.
People seek to understand when and where inundation may occur for the purposes of restoring marshes and mitigating coastal flooding, among other reasons. Inundation analysis allows us to quantify inundation at a site, over a time-period. The statistics obtained from inundation analysis can help decision makers in planning for inundation events in the long-term. In this lesson you will calculate, interpret, and apply the statistics that describe inundation.
Objetivos:
After completing the lesson the user will be able to do the following:
- Describe the process of inundation analysis
- Explain the metrics that comprise an inundation analysis
- Interpret charts commonly used in Inundation Analysis
- Apply inundation metrics to coastal flooding and marsh restoration
Palabras clave
water levels, tides, inundation analysis, inundation frequency, inundation duration, marsh restoration, coastal flooding, high tide flooding, sea level rise, mean high water, MHW, Mean lower low water, MLLW, spartina alterniflora, spartina patens