Extreme wave runup and overwash are among the most common natural hazards that threaten coastal regions by causing severe erosion and flooding. Sea level rise is expected to exacerbate these hazards, as deeper water allows for more energetic waves to reach shorelines. Physics-based modeling is a robust approach for quantifying these extreme wave hazards, yet it remains a challenging task due to the presence of various coupled physical processes, including rapid morphological changes and their effects on hydrodynamics and waves. In this work, we propose a modeling framework to simulate erosion, runup, and overwash of sandy beach-dune systems during extreme wave events while accounting for the effects of morphological changes. The framework consists of a hierarchy of hydrodynamic (XBeach-Non-Hydrostatic), morphodynamic (XBeach-Surfbeat), and spectral wave and ocean circulation models (ADCIRC+SWAN) that simulate total water levels, frequency-direction wave spectrum, morphological changes of beach-dune systems, and runup and overwash of individual waves. The framework is applied to Hurricane Sandy to simulate wave hazards at beach-dune systems on the Barrier Islands of New Jersey in the U.S. To demonstrate the importance of morphological changes on wave hazards, we perform simulations under various scenarios of sea level rise. We find that excluding morphological changes results in wave overwash volumes being overestimated at dunes that are not severely eroded during the storm, while underestimated at dunes that are severely eroded. Besides the effects of morphological changes, the results also show a substantial shift in storm impact regimes under future sea level rise scenarios.
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