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Delta Levees Investment Strategy: Sea Level Rise Methodology

Arcadis (Arcadis) | August 21st, 2015


This memorandum describes the methodology used to account for the impact of potential future sea level rise on the Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS) metrics and how those impacts are incorporated into the DLIS planning tool. A description of the approach used to account for the spatial variation of tide effects in the Delta and Suisun Marsh and prediction uncertainties are also included in this memorandum.

Keywords

economic analysis, flood management, levees, risk assessment, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, salinity, sea level rise