Description
The impacts of sea-level rise and other hazards on the world's coasts are determined by coastal sea-level height and land elevation. Their correct alignment is crucial for reliable impact assessments. However, we found that over 99% of the evaluated assessments handled sea-level and land elevation data inadequately and substantially misjudged sea level relative to coastal elevation. To facilitate proper, future (re)assessments of coastal hazard impacts, we provide several state-of-the-art and ready-to-use global Digital Elevation Models (DEM) properly converted to latest coastal sea-level height for a 500km-wide coastal zone. This dataset is one of those.
| Date made available | 29 Jan 2026 |
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| Publisher | Wageningen University & Research |
| Geographical coverage | Worldwide coastal areas |
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Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments
Seeger, K. & Minderhoud, P. S. J., 2026, In: Nature. 652, 8110, p. 667-674 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Guide to access global coastal elevation datasets referenced to sea level
Seeger, K. & Minderhoud, P. S. J., 26 Nov 2025, Wageningen University & Research.Research output: Other contribution › Pamphlet
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