%0 Journal Article %1 Rey2020 %A Rey, W. %A Salles, P. %A Torres-Freyermuth, A. %A Ruíz-Salcines, P. %A Teng, Y.-C. %A Appendini, C.M. %A Quintero-Ibáñez, J. %D 2020 %I MDPI AG %J Journal of Marine Science and Engineering %K 2020 from:erick007 %N 1 %R 10.3390/JMSE8010002 %T Spatiotemporal storm impact on the northern yucatan coast during hurricanes and central american cold surge events %U https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079773288&doi=10.3390%2fJMSE8010002&partnerID=40&md5=67c2eafc799cca62c33085f6c1f4603e %V 8 %X We investigate the storm impact associated with historical events in the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The study area is prone to coastal flooding due to both its geographical location and low-lying areas. Extreme events associated with tropical cyclones and Central American cold surge (CACS; locally known as Nortes) are ubiquitous in this region, and coastal development in the study area has exacerbated the erosion of the sand beach-dune system. This study aims to assess the impact on the northern coast of Yucatan associated with different types of storms and to investigate the role of the dune in its spatial variability. Nearshore hydrodynamics, associated with hurricanes (Gilbert: 14 September 1988; Isidore: 22 September 2002) and energetic Nortes (Norte A: 12 March 1993; Norte B: 25 December 2004), were computed using a numerical model. The beach and dune characteristics were extracted from a LIDAR flight with a spatial resolution of 1 m conducted in 2011. Furthermore, the extreme water levels and the spatiotemporal variability of the storm-impact regime (swash, collision, overwash, or inundation), along a 41.5 km stretch of coast, were derived using both runup parametrizations and the modeling results. On the one hand, the predominant storm impact regimes for Hurricanes Gilbert and Isidore were inundation and overwash, respectively. The flood that propagated from east to west in the northern Yucatan was due to westerly-directed hurricane tracks. On the other hand, for the Norte events, the predominant impact regimes were collision and overwash for Nortes A and B, respectively. This difference in the impact regime between Norte events can be ascribed to tidal differences. Moreover, during the passages of Nortes A and B, the flood was propagated from west to east in the northern Yucatan, consistent with cold-front paths. The results suggest that the western part of the study area presented a stronger impact regime due to the dune degradation caused by coastal infrastructure and settlements established in those areas. This work highlights the important role of sand dunes in providing natural coastal protection during Norte events. © 2019 by the authors.

@article{Rey2020, abbrev_source_title = {J. Mar. Sci. Eng.}, abstract = {We investigate the storm impact associated with historical events in the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The study area is prone to coastal flooding due to both its geographical location and low-lying areas. Extreme events associated with tropical cyclones and Central American cold surge (CACS; locally known as Nortes) are ubiquitous in this region, and coastal development in the study area has exacerbated the erosion of the sand beach-dune system. This study aims to assess the impact on the northern coast of Yucatan associated with different types of storms and to investigate the role of the dune in its spatial variability. Nearshore hydrodynamics, associated with hurricanes (Gilbert: 14 September 1988; Isidore: 22 September 2002) and energetic Nortes (Norte A: 12 March 1993; Norte B: 25 December 2004), were computed using a numerical model. The beach and dune characteristics were extracted from a LIDAR flight with a spatial resolution of 1 m conducted in 2011. Furthermore, the extreme water levels and the spatiotemporal variability of the storm-impact regime (swash, collision, overwash, or inundation), along a 41.5 km stretch of coast, were derived using both runup parametrizations and the modeling results. On the one hand, the predominant storm impact regimes for Hurricanes Gilbert and Isidore were inundation and overwash, respectively. The flood that propagated from east to west in the northern Yucatan was due to westerly-directed hurricane tracks. On the other hand, for the Norte events, the predominant impact regimes were collision and overwash for Nortes A and B, respectively. This difference in the impact regime between Norte events can be ascribed to tidal differences. Moreover, during the passages of Nortes A and B, the flood was propagated from west to east in the northern Yucatan, consistent with cold-front paths. The results suggest that the western part of the study area presented a stronger impact regime due to the dune degradation caused by coastal infrastructure and settlements established in those areas. This work highlights the important role of sand dunes in providing natural coastal protection during Norte events. © 2019 by the authors.}, added-at = {2021-05-28T02:13:42.000+0200}, affiliation = {Centro de Investigaciones Oceanograficas e Hidrograficas del Caribe (CIOH), Cartagena de Indias, 130001, Colombia; Laboratorio de Ingenieria y Procesos Costeros (LIPC), Instituto de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Sisal, Yucatan, 97356, Mexico; Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera (LANRESC), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT), Sisal, Yucatán, 97356, Mexico; Michael Baker International, Hamilton, NJ 08619, United States}, art_number = {2}, author = {Rey, W. and Salles, P. and Torres-Freyermuth, A. and Ruíz-Salcines, P. and Teng, Y.-C. and Appendini, C.M. and Quintero-Ibáñez, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21856b1d1cfe65442b156134947f2820d/publ_del_lipc}, correspondence_address1 = {Salles, P.; Laboratorio de Ingenieria y Procesos Costeros (LIPC), Mexico; email: psallesa@iingen.unam.mx}, document_type = {Article}, doi = {10.3390/JMSE8010002}, funding_details = {110-SUBAFIN-2019, 236-SUBAFIN-2018}, funding_text 1 = {W.R. was funded by LANRESC, DIMAR with projects 236-SUBAFIN-2018, 110-SUBAFIN-2019, and COLCIENCIAS with project 237-2017. P.S. acknowledges the support of projects PAPIIT IN111916 from UNAM-DGAPA and CONACYT LN 299063. C.M.A. acknowledges the support of project PAPIIT IA100418 from UNAM-DGAPA. Finally, A.T.-F. acknowledges the support of PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM (Project IN101218). W.R. thanks DHI Water & Environment for facilitating a student license of MIKE 21 SW and HD, Gonzalo U. Mart?n-Ruiz, Juan Alberto G?mez-Liera and Jos? L?pez-Gonz?lez for their help with computer resources and technical support, as well as Cecilia Enriquez-Ortiz for providing the bathymetric data of the Chelem lagoon. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation for the donation of the Tesla K40 GPU used for this research. Gabriela Medell?n is acknowledged for discussion on the use of wave run up parameterization. Daniel Behm is acknowledged for reviewing this paper. Finally, authors acknowledges to the three anonymous reviewers that greatly contributed to the improvement of this paper.}, funding_text 2 = {Funding: W.R. was funded by LANRESC, DIMAR with projects 236-SUBAFIN-2018, 110-SUBAFIN-2019, and COLCIENCIAS with project 237-2017. P.S. acknowledges the support of projects PAPIIT IN111916 from UNAM-DGAPA and CONACYT LN 299063. C.M.A. acknowledges the support of project PAPIIT IA100418 from UNAM-DGAPA. Finally, A.T.-F. acknowledges the support of PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM (Project IN101218).}, funding_text 3 = {Acknowledgments: W.R. thanks DHI Water & Environment for facilitating a student license of MIKE 21 SW and HD, Gonzalo U. Martín-Ruiz, Juan Alberto Gómez-Liera and José López-González for their help with computer resources and technical support, as well as Cecilia Enriquez-Ortiz for providing the bathymetric data of the Chelem lagoon. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation for the donation of the Tesla K40 GPU used for this research. Gabriela Medellín is acknowledged for discussion on the use of wave run up parameterization. Daniel Behm is acknowledged for reviewing this paper. Finally, authors acknowledges to the three anonymous reviewers that greatly contributed to the improvement of this paper.}, interhash = {ffb9182ef15bc66b05fb4b05501a68a6}, intrahash = {1856b1d1cfe65442b156134947f2820d}, issn = {20771312}, journal = {Journal of Marine Science and Engineering}, keywords = {2020 from:erick007}, language = {English}, number = 1, publisher = {MDPI AG}, source = {Scopus}, timestamp = {2021-06-23T06:13:09.000+0200}, title = {Spatiotemporal storm impact on the northern yucatan coast during hurricanes and central american cold surge events}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079773288&doi=10.3390%2fJMSE8010002&partnerID=40&md5=67c2eafc799cca62c33085f6c1f4603e}, volume = 8, year = 2020 }