Sea-Level Rise and Land Subsidence: Impacts on Flood Projections for the Mekong Delta’s Largest City
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodologies
2.1. Target City and Site
2.2. Water Level Monitoring Stations and Data
2.3. Tidal Harmonic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Yearly Rate of Water Level Rise and Land Subsidence
3.2. Inundation Frequency and Depth in the Near Future
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
2009–2010 | 2029–2030 | 2049–2050 | 2049–2050 Subsidence Stops at 2030 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | 6 | 28 | 31 | 30 |
February | 2 | 17 | 28 | 20 |
March | 0 | 24 | 31 | 27 |
April | 0 | 18 | 30 | 22 |
May | 0 | 15 | 31 | 18 |
June | 0 | 8 | 30 | 21 |
July | 3 | 17 | 31 | 26 |
August | 8 | 25 | 31 | 28 |
September | 8 | 26 | 30 | 28 |
October | 21 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
November | 19 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
December | 5 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Total | 72 | 270 | 365 | 312 |
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M2 | N2 | S2 | K1 | O1 | |||||
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Amplitude | Phase | Amplitude | Phase | Amplitude | Phase | Amplitude | Phase | Amplitude | Phase |
51.9 | 152.4 | 9.7 | 118.7 | 17.7 | 198.0 | 35.1 | 18.2 | 21.3 | 324.3 |
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Takagi, H.; Thao, N.D.; Anh, L.T. Sea-Level Rise and Land Subsidence: Impacts on Flood Projections for the Mekong Delta’s Largest City. Sustainability 2016, 8, 959. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090959
Takagi H, Thao ND, Anh LT. Sea-Level Rise and Land Subsidence: Impacts on Flood Projections for the Mekong Delta’s Largest City. Sustainability. 2016; 8(9):959. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090959
Chicago/Turabian StyleTakagi, Hiroshi, Nguyen Danh Thao, and Le Tuan Anh. 2016. "Sea-Level Rise and Land Subsidence: Impacts on Flood Projections for the Mekong Delta’s Largest City" Sustainability 8, no. 9: 959. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090959