Disruptive Role of Vertical Land Motion in Future Assessments of Climate Change-Driven Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Hazards in the Chesapeake Bay

Inundation projections from Sea Level Rise (SLR), Vertical Land Motion (VLM), and storm surge for hurricane Isabel at climate scenarios namely Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) 1-1.9, 1-2.6, 2-4.5, 3-7.0 and 5-8.5 at three-time scales (2030-2050-2100) at medium confidence, median values, likely ranges upper and lower (for three selected SSPs: see below) are provided. Additionally, the inundated area from SLR, Subsidence at SSP 1-2.6 and 5-8.5 for likely ranges (upper and lower) at low confidence scenarios are provided. 

Sentinel-1 and ALOS data from 2007-2020 are processed used WabInSAR algorithm. We use future SLR scenarios from the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) following SSPs adopted by the IPCC for projection periods of 2030, 2050 till 2100, relative to a baseline of 1995-2014 with medium confidence and low confidence. 

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