2016
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Pauline Letortu et al., « Meteorological and marine conditions leading to coastal flooding along the French coast of the Eastern English Channel », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.1051/lhb/2016017
Coastal flooding due to storm is the result of a combination of factors: a low air pressure, a strong wind with a direction perpendicular to the coast at the time of spring high tide (the average coefficient of spring tide is about 95). Characterization of coastal flooding events leading to damages has received attention and many studies have been carried out along the coast of the Eastern English Channel. Thanks to our inventory of coastal flooding events from 1949 to 2010, the identification of the meteorological parameters such as the north-west pressure gradient or the passage of an atmospheric cold front during the storm has been possible. This identification leads to a better warning of numerous coastal flooding events. However, some of them cannot be explained by these parameters. To understand them, it is necessary to integrate another factor: the meteorological and marine conditions before coastal flooding. For a few days or weeks before a coastal flooding event, the beach can adapt to stronger hydrodynamic conditions. This adaptation can be a lowering of the beach profile. Lowering can lead to flooding and damages. The aim of the study is to improve prediction/warning of these events in using extreme events and non-extreme events that can end in major damages on these coastal areas.