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SUBMITTER: Arns A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7174334 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arns Arne A Wahl Thomas T Wolff Claudia C Vafeidis Athanasios T AT Haigh Ivan D ID Woodworth Philip P Niehüser Sebastian S Jensen Jürgen J
Nature communications 20200421 1
We introduce a novel approach to statistically assess the non-linear interaction of tide and non-tidal residual in order to quantify its contribution to extreme sea levels and hence its role in modulating coastal protection levels, globally. We demonstrate that extreme sea levels are up to 30% (or 70 cm) higher if non-linear interactions are not accounted for (e.g., by independently adding astronomical and non-astronomical components, as is often done in impact case studies). These overestimates ...[more]