Bellarine Peninsula Coastal Inundation Model for 1% AEP with 0.8m Sea Level Rise

Dynamic inundation modeling results for the Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong area in 2016, assuming a 0.8-meter sea level rise. The dataset provides maximum depth, velocity, and water surface elevation for a 1% Annual Exceedance Probability coastal flooding event. It was produced by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action as part of the Bellarine-Corio Bay Local Coastal Hazard Assessment.

Use Cases

• Modeling flood risk and property exposure based on maximum water depth (Max_d) and water surface elevation (max_wse).
• Assessing potential infrastructure damage from floodwaters based on maximum velocity (max_s) data.
• Informing coastal setback planning and land-use zoning based on the 1% AEP inundation extents.
• Calibrating or validating other hydrodynamic models using the velocity*depth criteria (max_vxd).

Strengths

• Model outputs include four specific physical hazard attributes: Max_d, max_s, max_vxd, and max_wse.
• Covers four defined study areas: Barwon Heads / Lake Connewarre, Breamlea, Newcomb, and Queenscliff / Lakers Cutting.
• Based on a defined modeling scenario for a 1% AEP event with a 0.8m sea level rise assumption.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Dynamic inundation modelling carried out for the Local Coastal Hazard Assessment.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:10:04.307832; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong area, Victoria, Australia.