To better understand how different drivers of flooding interact near coastal cities, Xu et al. used the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) with the River Dynamical Core (RDycore) shallow-water equation library built to simulate extreme flooding events. Their modeling highlights the importance of rural runoff for urban flooding events, the researchers say, while also underlining the continued role of coastal wetlands in blunting the dangers of compound flooding events.
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