Salish Sea water level simulation projections: 2016-2099

Description

Simulations of the period 2016-2099 were conducted using the Salish Sea hydrodynamic model to evaluate extreme water levels associated with anticipated changes in sea level and climate forcing. The model projections accounting for sea level position, tides, remote sea-level anomalies, local winds and storm surge and stream flows as they affect water density. Dynamically downscaled Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) CMIP5 GFDL wind and atmospheric pressure fields were prescribed over the model open boundary and used to compute sea-level anomaly prescribed at the model ocean boundary. Simulations were made for eight different Sea-Level Rise (SLR) conditions, 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 5 meters relative to current conditions (1983-2001 epoch) and provided as time-series outputs along the -5 m depth isobath. Model inputs are also provided.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.63acc990d34e92aad3ca1502.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P946SC3L

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  • coastal-processes
  • hazards-planning
  • distributions
  • usgs-63acc990d34e92aad3ca1502
  • oceans
  • pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • geoscientificinformation
  • wind
  • pcmsc
  • predictions
  • extreme-weather
  • ocean-winds
  • coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program
  • climate-change
  • state-of-washington
  • water-level-measurements
  • usgs
  • storms
  • puget-sound
  • cmhrp
  • salish-sea
  • numerical-modeling

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