Surge Model Intercomparison Project (SurgeMIP)
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Motivation
- Public and private sectors require more accurate forecasts with longer lead times worldwide (e.g., for activation of emergency measures including evacuations).
- Coastal Inundation Forecasting Initiative (CIFI) brings information to those in need, but they are costly, and reaching all in need is too slow.
- Can we contribute to the UN Early Warning For All Initiative by making available numerical guidance that is skillful in all ocean basins?
- Can we provide guidance for adaptation worldwide?
- Can we coordinate efforts to provide projections of sample scenarios?
Targets
- Review storm surge forecasts and projections
- Intercomparison of operational global surge model
- Projection of present and future storm surge for IPCC AR7 or beyond
Members
| Natacha Bernier | Meteo France |
| Mark Hemer | CSIRO |
| Nobuhito Mori | Kyoto University |
| Elke Meyer | Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereo |
| Sane Muis | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| William Pringle | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Shimura Tomoya | Kyoto University |
| To be added |
| Christian M. Appendini | Oyvind Breivik | Ricardo de Camargo | Mercè Casas-Prat |
| Trang Minh Duong | Ivan D. Haigh | Tom Howard | Vanessa Hernaman |
| Oleksandr Huizy | Jennifer L. Irish | Ebru Kirezci | Nadao Kohno |
| Jun-Whan Lee | Kathleen L. McInnes | Marta Marcos | Reza Marsooli |
| Ariadna Martin Oliva | Melisa Menendez | Saeed Moghimi | Jeff A. Polton |
| Roshanka Ranasinghe | Thomas Saillour | Grant Smith | Michael Getachew Tadesse |
| Val Swail | Evangelos Voukouvalas | Thomas Wahl | Pengcheng Wang |
| Ralf Weisse | Joannes J. Westerink | Ian Young | Joseph Zhang |
References
Bernier, N.B., M. Hemer, N. Mori, C. M. Appendini, O. Breivik, R. de Camargo, M. Casas-Prat, T. M. Duong, I. D. Haigh, T. Howard, V. Hernaman, O. Huizy, J. L. Irish, E. Kirezci, N. Kohno, J.W. Lee, K.L. Mcinnes, E.M.I. Meyer, M. Marcos, R. Marsooli, A. Martin Oliva, M. Menendez, S. Moghimi, S. Muis, J. A. Polton, W. J. Pringle, R. Ranasinghe, T. Saillour, G. Smith, M. G. Tadesse, V. Swail, S. Tomoya, E. Voukouvalas, T. Wahl, P.C. Wang, R. Weisse, J. J. Westerink, I. Young, J. Zhang (2024) Coastal flooding science: Review, establishment of model intercomparison and coordination of surge climate projection efforts (SurgeMIP), Weather and Climate Extremes, Volume 45, September 2024, 100689 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2024.100689
Reports
- Second SurgeMIP Project Workshop, Santander, 26, September 2025 (Report)
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