PMID- 36247419
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230918
IS  - 0094-8276 (Print)
IS  - 1944-8007 (Electronic)
IS  - 0094-8276 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 Jan 28
TI  - High-Tide Floods and Storm Surges During Atmospheric Rivers on the US West Coast.
PG  - e2021GL096820
LID - 10.1029/2021GL096820 [doi]
LID - e2021GL096820
AB  - Atmospheric rivers (ARs) cause inland hydrological impacts related to 
      precipitation. However, little is known about coastal hazards associated with 
      these events. We elucidate high-tide floods (HTFs) and storm surges during ARs on 
      the US West Coast during 1980-2016. HTFs and ARs cooccur more often than expected 
      from chance. Between 10% and 63% of HTFs coincide with ARs on average, depending 
      on location. However, interannual-to-decadal variations in HTFs are due more to 
      tides and mean sea-level changes than storminess variability. Only 2-15% of ARs 
      coincide with HTFs, suggesting that ARs typically must cooccur with high tides or 
      mean sea levels to cause HTFs. Storm surges during ARs reflect local wind, 
      pressure, and precipitation forcing: meridional wind and barometric pressure are 
      primary drivers, but precipitation makes secondary contributions. This study 
      highlights the relevance of ARs to coastal impacts, clarifies the drivers of 
      storm surge during ARs, and identifies future research directions.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Authors.
FAU - Piecuch, Christopher G
AU  - Piecuch CG
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7973-7328
AD  - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Falmouth MA USA.
FAU - Coats, Sloan
AU  - Coats S
AD  - University of Hawaii Honolulu HI USA.
FAU - Dangendorf, Sonke
AU  - Dangendorf S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3679-5234
AD  - Old Dominion University Norfolk VA USA.
FAU - Landerer, Felix W
AU  - Landerer FW
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2678-095X
AD  - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena CA USA.
FAU - Reager, J T
AU  - Reager JT
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7575-2520
AD  - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena CA USA.
FAU - Thompson, Philip R
AU  - Thompson PR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0875-4208
AD  - University of Hawaii Honolulu HI USA.
FAU - Wahl, Thomas
AU  - Wahl T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3643-5463
AD  - University of Central Florida Orlando FL USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220125
PL  - United States
TA  - Geophys Res Lett
JT  - Geophysical research letters
JID - 9882887
PMC - PMC9539697
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - atmospheric rivers
OT  - coastal hazards
OT  - coastal impacts
OT  - high-tide flooding
OT  - sea level
OT  - storm surge
EDAT- 2022/10/18 06:00
MHDA- 2022/10/18 06:01
PMCR- 2022/10/07
CRDT- 2022/10/17 04:49
PHST- 2021/10/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/01/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/01/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/10/17 04:49 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/10/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/10/18 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/10/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - GRL63619 [pii]
AID - 10.1029/2021GL096820 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Geophys Res Lett. 2022 Jan 28;49(2):e2021GL096820. doi: 10.1029/2021GL096820. 
      Epub 2022 Jan 25.