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We are particularly grateful to the students and colleagues for their dedicated efforts in the manual interpretation and correction process. We also thank all the experts who participated in the expert survey for the analytic hierarchy process. We thank Marine Big Data Center of the Institute for Advanced Ocean Study of Ocean University of China for providing super computing cluster and the corresponding high-performance computational support, as well as the professional and technical services provided by Yujie Dong. X.B. discloses support for the research and publication of this work from Special Scientific Survey Program on Basic Science and Technology Resources [grant number 2025FY200100], Ocean Space Planning Institute, China Oceanic Development Foundation [grant number GJ1119209] and National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 42076010]. Xinping C. discloses support for the research of this work from the National Key R&D Program of China [grant number 2023YFC3007900]. D.S. discloses support for the research of this work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 42476158], and Special Funds for Taishan Scholar Project [grant number tsqn202211056]. Xiao C., N.W., W.W., P.D., S.W., J.Y., L.Z. and Y.D. declare no relevant funding.

Authors and Affiliations

1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

   Xiao Chen, Nan Wang, Xianwen Bao, Wen Wu, Jing Yu, Lingling Zhou, Yang Ding & Dehai Song

2. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

   Xiao Chen, Nan Wang, Xianwen Bao, Wen Wu, Jing Yu & Lingling Zhou

3. Academician Workstation of Coastal Mass Transport and Integrated Environmental Management, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

   Nan Wang, Xianwen Bao, Wen Wu, Jing Yu & Lingling Zhou

4. Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

   Xianwen Bao, Yang Ding & Dehai Song

5. National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service, Beijing, China

   Xinping Chen

6. School of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, China

   Ping Dong

7. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

   Simon Williams

Corresponding author

Correspondence to
Nan Wang.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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