Relationships between regional coastal land cover distributions and elevation reveal data uncertainty in a sea-level rise impacts model

Lentz, Erika E.; Plant, Nathaniel G.; Thieler, E. Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-429-2019

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-429-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-429-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

Research article

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15 May 2019

Research article |

| 15 May 2019

Relationships between regional coastal land cover distributions and elevation reveal data uncertainty in a sea-level rise impacts model

Erika E. Lentz, Nathaniel G. Plant, and E. Robert Thieler

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- AC1: 'author comments to review response', Erika Lentz, 03 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'author response to reviewers', Erika Lentz, 03 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Review Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'author comments to review response', Erika Lentz, 03 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'author response to reviewers', Erika Lentz, 03 Mar 2019
AC1: 'author comments to review response', Erika Lentz, 03 Mar 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Erika Lentz on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Apr 2019) by Paola Passalacqua

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Apr 2019) by Douglas Jerolmack (Editor)

AR by Erika Lentz on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

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AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Erika Lentz on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2019) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (09 May 2019) by Paola Passalacqua

Short summary

Our findings examine several data inputs for probabilistic regional sea-level rise (SLR) impact predictions. To predict coastal response to SLR, detailed information on the landscape, including elevation, vegetation, and/or level of development, is needed. However, we find that the inherent relationship between elevation and land cover datasets (e.g., beaches tend to be low lying) is used to reduce error in a coastal response to SLR model, suggesting new applications for areas of limited data.