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|a A Snapshot of Future Sea Levels |h [electronic resource] |b Photographing the King Tide. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water New South Wales, |c 2009-01-12. |
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|a Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the user's responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights. |
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|a The summer king tide event forecast for 12 January was
the largest predicted tide for 2009 that would be visible
during daylight hours. This presented a wonderful
opportunity to engage the community in photographing
the peak of the king tide along the whole NSW coastline,
with two primary objectives in mind:
• identifying areas vulnerable to tidal inundation,
capturing the tide level against revetments, seawalls,
jetties and other marine infrastructure; and
• raising awareness throughout the wider community
about the current projections for sea level rise to the
end of the century (approximately 90 cm).
This photographic event proved successful in engaging
over 250 people to capture over 4,000 images providing
a broad, state-wide snapshot of areas and assets currently
vulnerable to the threat of tidal inundation.
The strongest message for the community is that
all tide levels reached could well be 90 cm deeper
by the end of the century. Alternatively, rare (‘king’)
tide water levels in 2009 are likely to be relatively
common water levels by 2100.
This report presents a selection of the photographs
taken around the peak of the king tide on 12 January 2009,
and some images from the very high spring tide that
occurred in December 2008. It presents a summary of the
information gleaned from the photographic event, along
with general technical information about tides and the
current status of information on climate change and
rising sea levels. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Department of Environment Climate Change and Water New South Wales. |
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|a International Documents Collection. |
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|a dpSobek |c Sea Level Rise |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI15061849/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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|a http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/content/FI/15/06/18/49/00001/FI15061849thm.jpg |
