TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural hazards in Australia
T2 - sea level and coastal extremes
AU - McInnes, Kathleen L.
AU - White, Christopher J.
AU - Haigh, Ivan D.
AU - Hemer, Mark A.
AU - Hoeke, Ron K.
AU - Holbrook, Neil J.
AU - Kiem, Anthony S.
AU - Oliver, Eric C. J.
AU - Ranasinghe, Roshanka
AU - Walsh, Kevin J. E.
AU - Westra, Seth
AU - Cox, Ron
PY - 2016/11/30
Y1 - 2016/11/30
N2 - The Australian coastal zone encompasses tropical, sub- and extra-tropical climates and accommodates about 80 % of Australia’s population. Sea level extremes and their physical impacts in the coastal zone arise from a complex set of atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial processes that interact on a range of spatial and temporal scales and will be modified by a changing climate, including sea level rise. This review details significant progress over recent years in understanding the causes of past and projections of future changes in sea level and coastal extremes, yet a number of research questions, knowledge gaps and challenges remain. These include efforts to improve knowledge on past sea level extremes, integrate a wider range of processes in projections of future changes to sea level extremes, and focus efforts on understanding long-term coastline response from the combination of contributing factors.
AB - The Australian coastal zone encompasses tropical, sub- and extra-tropical climates and accommodates about 80 % of Australia’s population. Sea level extremes and their physical impacts in the coastal zone arise from a complex set of atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial processes that interact on a range of spatial and temporal scales and will be modified by a changing climate, including sea level rise. This review details significant progress over recent years in understanding the causes of past and projections of future changes in sea level and coastal extremes, yet a number of research questions, knowledge gaps and challenges remain. These include efforts to improve knowledge on past sea level extremes, integrate a wider range of processes in projections of future changes to sea level extremes, and focus efforts on understanding long-term coastline response from the combination of contributing factors.
KW - Australia
KW - sea level extremes
KW - coastal zone
KW - climate change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961659479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://link.springer.com/journal/10584
U2 - 10.1007/s10584-016-1647-8
DO - 10.1007/s10584-016-1647-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961659479
SN - 0165-0009
VL - 139
SP - 69
EP - 83
JO - Climatic Change
JF - Climatic Change
IS - 1
ER -