Vertical ground motion and historical sea-level records in Dakar (Senegal). Cozannet, G. L., Raucoules, D., Wöppelmann, G., Garcin, M., Sylva, S. D., Meyssignac, B., Gravelle, M., & Lavigne, F. Environmental Research Letters, 10(8):084016, August, 2015. Number: 8
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With growing concerns regarding future impacts of sea-level in major coastal cities, the most accurate information is required regarding local sea-level changes with respect to the coast. Besides global and regional sea-level changes, local coastal vertical ground motions can substantially contribute to local changes in sea-level. In some cases, such ground motions can also limit the usefulness of tide-gauge records, which are a unique source of information to evaluate global sea-level changes before the altimetry era. Using satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometry, this study aims at characterizing vertical coastal ground motion in Dakar (Senegal), where a unique century-long record in Africa has been rediscovered. Given the limited number of available images, we use a stacking procedure to compute ground motion velocities in the line of sight over 1992–2010. Despite a complex geology and a rapid population growth and development, we show that the city as a whole is unaffected by differential ground motions larger than 1 mm year−1. Only the northern part of the harbor displays subsidence patterns after 2000, probably as a consequence of land reclamation works. However, these ground motions do not affect the historical tide gauge. Our results highlight the value of the historical sea-level records of Dakar, which cover a 100 year time-span in a tropical oceanic region of Africa, where little data are available for past sea-level reconstructions.
@article{cozannet_vertical_2015,
	title = {Vertical ground motion and historical sea-level records in {Dakar} ({Senegal})},
	volume = {10},
	issn = {1748-9326},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1088%2F1748-9326%2F10%2F8%2F084016},
	doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084016},
	abstract = {With growing concerns regarding future impacts of sea-level in major coastal cities, the most accurate information is required regarding local sea-level changes with respect to the coast. Besides global and regional sea-level changes, local coastal vertical ground motions can substantially contribute to local changes in sea-level. In some cases, such ground motions can also limit the usefulness of tide-gauge records, which are a unique source of information to evaluate global sea-level changes before the altimetry era. Using satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometry, this study aims at characterizing vertical coastal ground motion in Dakar (Senegal), where a unique century-long record in Africa has been rediscovered. Given the limited number of available images, we use a stacking procedure to compute ground motion velocities in the line of sight over 1992–2010. Despite a complex geology and a rapid population growth and development, we show that the city as a whole is unaffected by differential ground motions larger than 1 mm year−1. Only the northern part of the harbor displays subsidence patterns after 2000, probably as a consequence of land reclamation works. However, these ground motions do not affect the historical tide gauge. Our results highlight the value of the historical sea-level records of Dakar, which cover a 100 year time-span in a tropical oceanic region of Africa, where little data are available for past sea-level reconstructions.},
	language = {en},
	number = {8},
	urldate = {2019-04-17},
	journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
	author = {Cozannet, Gonéri Le and Raucoules, Daniel and Wöppelmann, Guy and Garcin, Manuel and Sylva, Sylvestre Da and Meyssignac, Benoit and Gravelle, Médéric and Lavigne, Franck},
	month = aug,
	year = {2015},
	note = {Number: 8},
	pages = {084016}
}

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