%0 Journal Article %1 Rey20181681 %A Rey, W. %A Salles, P. %A Mendoza, E.T. %A Torres-Freyermuth, A. %A Appendini, C.M. %D 2018 %I Copernicus GmbH %J Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences %K 2018 from:erick007 %N 6 %P 1681-1701 %R 10.5194/nhess-18-1681-2018 %T Assessment of coastal flooding and associated hydrodynamic processes on the south-eastern coast of Mexico, during Central American cold surge events %U https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048928974&doi=10.5194%2fnhess-18-1681-2018&partnerID=40&md5=098e8d5f0ff0da1cbfccec5cbe122261 %V 18 %X Coastal flooding in the northern Yucatán Peninsula is mainly associated with storm surge events triggered by high-pressure cold front systems. This study evaluates the hydrodynamic processes of the Chelem lagoon, Mexico and the flooding threat from cold fronts for the neighbouring town of Progreso. A 30-year water-level hindcast (excluding wave set-up) was performed because of the lack of long-term tide gauge records. In order to assess the relative contribution from wave set-up and residual and astronomical tides to total flooding, the two worst storm scenarios in terms of maximum residual tide (Event A) and maximum water level (Event B) were simulated. Numerical results suggest that during Event A the wave set-up contribution reaches 0.35 at the coast and 0.17m inside the lagoon, and these values are smaller for Event B (0.30 and 0.14 m, respectively). Results of the effect of the tidal phase on wave set-up and residual sea level show that (i) the wave set-up contribution increases during ebb tide and decreases during flood tide at the Chelem inlet, (ii) the residual tide is larger (smaller) near low (high) or receding (rising) tide, and (iii) maximum flooding occurs when the storm peak coincides with rising or high tide. The numerical results confirm the important role of wave set-up on the assessment of coastal flooding in micro-tidal coastal environments. © Author(s) 2018.

@article{Rey20181681, abbrev_source_title = {Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.}, abstract = {Coastal flooding in the northern Yucatán Peninsula is mainly associated with storm surge events triggered by high-pressure cold front systems. This study evaluates the hydrodynamic processes of the Chelem lagoon, Mexico and the flooding threat from cold fronts for the neighbouring town of Progreso. A 30-year water-level hindcast (excluding wave set-up) was performed because of the lack of long-term tide gauge records. In order to assess the relative contribution from wave set-up and residual and astronomical tides to total flooding, the two worst storm scenarios in terms of maximum residual tide (Event A) and maximum water level (Event B) were simulated. Numerical results suggest that during Event A the wave set-up contribution reaches 0.35 at the coast and 0.17m inside the lagoon, and these values are smaller for Event B (0.30 and 0.14 m, respectively). Results of the effect of the tidal phase on wave set-up and residual sea level show that (i) the wave set-up contribution increases during ebb tide and decreases during flood tide at the Chelem inlet, (ii) the residual tide is larger (smaller) near low (high) or receding (rising) tide, and (iii) maximum flooding occurs when the storm peak coincides with rising or high tide. The numerical results confirm the important role of wave set-up on the assessment of coastal flooding in micro-tidal coastal environments. © Author(s) 2018.}, added-at = {2021-06-01T22:47:44.000+0200}, affiliation = {Programa de Maestría y Doctorado en Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico; Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Procesos Costeros, Instituto de Ingeniería, UNAM, México, Puerto de abrigo s/n, Sisal, 92718, Mexico; Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera (LANRESC), CONACyT, Yucatán, Mexico}, author = {Rey, W. and Salles, P. and Mendoza, E.T. and Torres-Freyermuth, A. and Appendini, C.M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f98aaa03d6ebe4975add26e433c386e6/publ_del_lipc}, correspondence_address1 = {Salles, P.; Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Procesos Costeros, Puerto de abrigo s/n, Mexico; email: psallesa@iingen.unam.mx}, document_type = {Article}, doi = {10.5194/nhess-18-1681-2018}, funding_details = {INFR-2014-01-225561}, funding_text 1 = {Acknowledgements. Wilmer Rey was supported with a doctoral scholarship (CVU 308087) from the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) and from the Council of the National Research Training (COLCIENCIAS). This research was supported by the UNAM-DGAPA project IN111916, CONACYT National Coastal Resilience Laboratory project 271544, CONA-CYT project INFR-2014-01-225561, as well as project 5341 from the Engineering Institute at UNAM. Wilmer Rey thanks DHI Water & Environment for facilitating a student license of MIKE 21 hydrodynamic and wave spectral models, Gonzalo U. Martín-Ruiz for his help with computer resources, Cecilia Enriquez-Ortiz for providing the bathymetric data of the Chelem lagoon as well as Pablo Ruiz-Salcines from UNAM and Jaime Hernandez-Lasheras from Cantabria University for their help and suggestions regarding this study. Gemma Franklin is acknowledged for reviewing this paper.}, interhash = {2dfc97a25f942cabf2b2acd5dfbdd803}, intrahash = {f98aaa03d6ebe4975add26e433c386e6}, issn = {15618633}, journal = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences}, keywords = {2018 from:erick007}, language = {English}, number = 6, pages = {1681-1701}, publisher = {Copernicus GmbH}, source = {Scopus}, timestamp = {2021-06-23T06:21:26.000+0200}, title = {Assessment of coastal flooding and associated hydrodynamic processes on the south-eastern coast of Mexico, during Central American cold surge events}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048928974&doi=10.5194%2fnhess-18-1681-2018&partnerID=40&md5=098e8d5f0ff0da1cbfccec5cbe122261}, volume = 18, year = 2018 }