cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "Storm
surges that occur along low-lying, densely populated coastlines can leave
devastating societal, economical, and ecological impacts. To protect coastal communities
from flooding, return periods of storm tides, defined as the combination of the
surge and tide, must be accurately evaluated. Here we present storm tide return
periods using a novel integration of two modelling techniques. For surges
induced by extratropical cyclones, we use a 38-year time series based on the ERA5
climate reanalysis. For surges induced by tropical cyclones, we use synthetic
tropical cyclones from the STORM dataset representing 10,000 years under current
climate conditions. Tropical and extratropical cyclone surge levels are probabilistically
combined with tidal levels, and return periods are computed empirically. The COAST-RP dataset contains storm tide levels representing the 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000-year return period."
authors:
  - family-names: Dullaart
    given-names: Job
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9604-3328"
  - family-names: Muis
    given-names: S. (Sanne)
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8145-0171"
  - family-names: Bloemendaal
    given-names: Nadia
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3418-8692"
  - family-names: Chertova
    given-names: Maria
  - family-names: Couasnon
    given-names: Anais
  - family-names: Aerts
    given-names: J.C.J.H. (Jeroen)
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2162-5814"
title: "COAST-RP: A global COastal dAtaset of Storm Tide Return Periods"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/13392314.v1
license: CC BY 4.0
date-released: 2021-06-03