Abstract
Coastal zones are often threatened by storms that elevate water levels and increase the wave energy impacting the shoreline. These storm conditions result in coastal flooding and erosion hazards for communities, threatening lives, properties and infrastructure. Coastal impact Early Warning Systems (EWSs) are currently used to alert authorities of potential impacts prior to advancing storms. Effective EWSs provide important windows of opportunity to undertake mitigating actions to minimize the damage caused by a storm.Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/-U6uEHfLizA
Highlights
Coastal zones are often threatened by storms that elevate water levels and increase the wave energy impacting the shoreline
The Sallenger Storm Impact Scale was applied to a severe storm event that impacted the South East Australian coastline in June 2016
The Storm Impact Regime at each profile was determined based on observed changes to the dune volume and dune crest location
Summary
Coastal zones are often threatened by storms that elevate water levels and increase the wave energy impacting the shoreline. For the past 20 years the Storm Impact Scale (Sallenger, 2000) has been a commonly adopted conceptual framework used to describe coastal impacts. Impacts are categorized into one of four regimes (swash, collision, overwash or inundation) depending of the relative elevation of the total water level and the dune features.
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