@article{fdi:010086913,
  title = {{E}xtreme coastal water levels evolution at {D}akar ({S}enegal, {W}est {A}frica)},
  author = {{C}isse, {C}. {O}. {T}. and {A}lmar, {R}afa{\¨e}l and {Y}oum, {J}. {P}. {M}. and {J}olicoeur, {S}. and {T}aveneau, {A}d{\'e}la{\¨ie}de and {S}y, {B}. {A}. and {S}akho, {I}. and {S}ow, {B}. {A}. and {D}ieng, {H}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}ncreasingly, it is reported that the coastline of the {D}akar region is affected by coastal flooding due to extreme water levels during wave events. {H}ere, we quantify the extreme coastal water levels as well as the different factors contributing to coastal flooding during the period 1994-2015. {S}evere water levels reach values of 1.78 m and increase by 8.4 mm/year. {T}he time spent above this threshold has already increased by 1.7 over the study period and will increase by 2100 to 8 times with 0.4 m mean sea level rise and up to 20 times with 0.8 m in the {IPCC} low and high greenhouse gas emission scenarios, respectively. {T}ide is the main contributor to the extremes when combined with large wave runup, due to wave breaking which contributes to 38% of the increase in extreme events while sea level rises to 44%. {O}ur results show that because of its prominent location, {D}akar region is affected by waves coming from the {N}orthern and {S}outhern {H}emispheres with contrasted evolutions: wave runup events increase faster (7 mm/year) during austral winter due to a maximum of the {S}outh {A}tlantic storm activity, and have a decreasing trend (-3 mm/year) during boreal winter ({D}ecember, {J}anuary, {F}ebruary) driven by the evolution of corresponding climate modes.},
  keywords = {coastal flooding ; extreme coastal water level ; percentile ; tide ; waves ; runup ; maximum increase ; {SENEGAL} ; {DAKAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}limate},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {6 [12 ]},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.3390/cli11010006},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086913},
}