Eom, H.-M., Kang, K., Ryoo. S.B., Lee, Y.H., 2013. Development of Coastal Inundation FOrecasting System (CIFOS) and Its Application to the Future Climate Change

The low-lying area is frequently damaged by the typhoon, monsoon and high tide resulting inundation. Especially, the southern coastal area in Korea was seriously damaged by the typhoon-induced heavy flood in 2003, which took tremendous toll on human lives and properties. The National Institute of Meteorological Research (NIMR) has been developing and improving the Coastal Inundation Forecasting System (CIFOS) for the provision of flooding information and the effects of the climate change on coastal areas. The system was applied to typhoon Maemi (0314) case to simulate flooding process and inundation area in the south coast of Korea. We also tried to estimate the change of coastal environment by the future climate conditions: three cases of sea level rise 0.4, 0.8, and 1.0 m. The model results during typhoon Maemi(0314) period showed good agreement with field observations. According to the predicted coastal environment in Masan port area, the inundation area was increased by 168 %, 335 % and 393 % for 0.4 m, 0.8 m and 1.0 m sea level rise cases, respectively.