Extreme sea levels on the Atlantic coastline in France: model and observations

2021/12/07 by Chauveau, Etienne
#Atlantic coast of mainland France #extreme sea levels #models and measurements #recent period

paper · doi:10.35109/atlasbleu-eng.1002

Abstract

The article identifies the 10 most important storms in terms of marine submersion that have occurred on the Atlantic coasts of mainland France since 1984. It indicates the maximum sea levels recorded during these events. These values are compared with the extreme sea levels (with a 100 years period) derived from the SHOM/CETMEF predictive model. Several observations are drawn from this comparison.

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