Sea-Level Rise Estimates for NB Municipalities: Le Goulet, Saint John, Richibucto, Sackville, Shippagan, Caraquet

Details

Author(s)/Creator(s): Réal Daigle
Date Issued: 2011-03-01
Publisher: R.J. Daigle Enviro
Description: Specifically, the report is to provide the following:
For the New Brunswick municipalities of Saint John, Moncton, Sackville, Richibucto, Shippagan, Caraquet and Le Goulet – By combining estimates of global sea level rise and local subsidence provide an estimate of the anticipated change in relative sea level (in cm with error bars) from present values (i.e. 2000) for the years 2025, 2055 and 2085 (i.e. the centre point of the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s periods).
For the New Brunswick municipalities of Saint John, Sackville, Richibucto, Shippagan, Caraquet and Le Goulet – Using existing literature, provide an estimate of the change of extreme total sea level from present (i.e. 2000) for given levels of risk for the years 2025, 2055 and 2085. Levels of risk will be the 10, 25, 50 and 100 year return periods.
Type of Document: report
Language(s) of Resource: English
Keywords: sea level rise
Province: New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick
City/Town: Le Goulet Saint John Richibucto Sackville Shippigan Bas-Caraquet

In collections