NT Remote Communities Storm Tide Study and Inundation Mapping
Systems Engineering Australia Pty Ltd
Northern Territory. Department of Land Resource Management
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; J1507-PR001B
2016-07-01
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).; 'This report documents tropical cyclone (TC) storm tide hazard analyses that will provide the basis for reliable risk analyses of major remote towns and indigenous communities on the West Coast, Arnhem Land and Tiwi Islands.' - Introduction
This Storm Surge Study Report was produced with funding provided by the Northern Territory and Australian Governments through the Natural Disaster Resilience Program. 'Numerical Modelling and Risk Assessment' - on cover.; Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).
Executive summary -- Introduction -- The study localities -- Methodology to assess the storm tide hazard -- Simulation model results -- Conclusion -- References -- List of Appendices A-C.
English
Storm surges; Storm surges; Cyclones; Maps; Mathematical models
Northern Territory Government
Palmerston
J1507-PR001B
vi, 62, 4,3,8 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 30 cm.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267238
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/443309
NT Department of Land Resource Management NT Remote Communities Storm Tide Study and Inundation Mapping J1507-PR001B ii Systems Engineering Australia Pty Ltd July 2016 3.7 Land Elevation Data ...................................................................................... 32 3.8 Calibration and Verification of the Hydrodynamic Models ........................ 33 3.8.1 Astronomical Tide ....................................................................................... 33 3.8.2 Storm Tide Events ...................................................................................... 33 3.9 Climate Change Parameters......................................................................... 37 3.10 Open Coast Parametric Models ................................................................... 37 3.10.1 Tropical Cyclone Parameter Selection for Modelling .............................. 37 3.10.2 Processing of the Numerical Model Results ........................................... 38 3.11 Statistical Simulation Modelling .................................................................. 39 4. SIMULATION MODEL RESULTS ................................................ 41 4.1 Estimated Total Storm Tide Levels by the Year 2100 ................................ 42 4.2 Site-Specific Storm Tide Level Components by the Year 2100 ................. 45 4.3 Mapped Total Storm Tide Levels by the Year 2100 .................................... 45 5. CONCLUSION ............................................................................. 58 6. REFERENCES ............................................................................. 59 LIST OF APPENDICES A Scope of Work B Return Period Concepts C Modelling of Tropical Cyclone Lam 2015 LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1 Coastal Numerical hydrodynamic modelling domains. 31 Table 3-2 Year 2100 climate change parameters. 37 Table 3-3 Base storm parameter set. 38 Table 4-1 Total Storm Tide Levels (m AHD) by Year 2100. 42 Table 4-2 Total Storm Tide Levels (m HAT) by Year 2100. 43 Table 4-3 Total Storm Tide Levels (m Crest) by Year 2100. 44