Possible Future Flood Depths in Mobile, AL with Rising Sea Level

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This figure appears in chapter 5 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/transportation/graphics/possible-future-flood-depths-mobile-al-rising-sea-level

Many coastal areas in the United States, including the Gulf Coast, are especially vulnerable to sea level rise impacts on transportation systems.8dbd70c4-cd8c-4dce-b27c-bfb412901e58 1bc74f07-688c-482c-a923-483f5d3de8b5 0127c256-83e6-4e22-9715-bfc0fbbfb8d9 This is particularly true when one considers the interaction among sea level rise, wave action, and local geology.5ddaab38-f315-487d-8b7a-bb322bb9b60c This map shows that many parts of Mobile, Alabama, including critical roads, rail lines, and pipelines, would be exposed to storm surge under a scenario of a 30-inch sea level rise combined with a storm similar to Hurricane Katrina. Not all roads would be flooded if they merely run through low areas since some are built above flood levels. A 30-inch sea level rise scenario is within the range projected for global sea level rise (Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate, Key Message 10). (Figure source: U.S. Department of Transportation 2012

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This figure was created on October 21, 2013.

This figure was derived from Climate Variability and Change in Mobile, Alabama: Task 2 Final Report. Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: The Gulf Coast Study, Phase 2. Report # FHWA-HEP-12-053 .

References :

• Climate Variability and Change in Mobile, Alabama: Task 2 Final Report. Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: The Gulf Coast Study, Phase 2. Report # FHWA-HEP-12-053 (4a7b8c9c)
• SAP 4.7. Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study (8dbd70c4)
• Impacts of flooding and climate change on urban transportation: A systemwide performance assessment of the Boston Metro Area (0127c256)
• Coastal Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (1bc74f07)
• A Bayesian network to predict coastal vulnerability to sea level rise (5ddaab38)

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