Coastal zone changes in West Africa: Challenges and opportunities for satellite earth observations

R Almar, T Stieglitz, KA Addo, K Ba, GA Ondoa… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The West African coastal population and ecosystems are increasingly exposed to a
multitude of hazards. These are likely to be exacerbated by global climate change and direct …

Climate change and UNESCO world heritage-listed cultural properties: a systematic review, 2008–2021

KN Nguyen, S Baker - Heritage, 2023 - mdpi.com
Underpinned by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA) 2020 Statement, this systematic review analyses 58 peer-reviewed articles …

[HTML][HTML] Observing and predicting coastal erosion at the Langue de Barbarie sand spit around Saint Louis (Senegal, West Africa) through satellite-derived digital …

A Taveneau, R Almar, EWJ Bergsma, BA Sy, A Ndour… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coastal erosion at Saint Louis in Senegal is affecting the local population that consists of
primarily fishermen communities in their housing and their access to the sea. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Nearshore satellite-derived bathymetry from a single-pass satellite video: Improvements from adaptive correlation window size and modulation transfer …

AN Klotz, R Almar, Y Quenet, EWJ Bergsma… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate nearshore bathymetry estimation remains a critical challenge, impacting coastal
forecasting evolution assessments through the inaccuracies in both in-situ and remote …

Extreme coastal water levels with potential flooding risk at the low-lying Saint Louis historic city, Senegal (West Africa)

COT Cisse, EK Brempong, A Taveneau… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In a context of global warming characterized by a mean sea level rise and extreme
meteorological events, the study of the causes for coastal flooding is essential to protect …

African coastal camera network efforts at monitoring ocean, climate, and human impacts

GO Abessolo, R Almar, DB Angnuureng, F Bonou… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Regular and long-term monitoring of coastal areas is a prerequisite to avoiding or mitigating
the impacts of climate and human-driven hazards. In Africa, where populations and …

Relational (im) mobilities: a case study of Senegalese coastal fishing populations

C Zickgraf - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Immobility and mobility are often viewed as fixed, binary opposites: one is either a migrant or
a non-migrant. Yet, everyday experiences and realities elude such simple bifurcation. Non …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting beach profiles with machine learning from offshore wave reflection spectra

E Disdier, R Almar, R Benshila, M Al Najar… - … Modelling & Software, 2025 - Elsevier
Tracking and forecasting changes in coastal morphology is vital for development, risk
reduction, and overall coastal management. One challenge of current coastal research and …

Monitoring and Forecasting of Coastal Erosion in the Context of Climate Change in Saint Louis (Senegal)

MA Sarr, I Pouye, A Sene, I Aniel-Quiroga, AA Diouf… - Geographies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Owing to its unique physical and socio-economic characteristics, the Saint Louis region
stands out as one of the most susceptible areas in Senegal to the adverse impacts of coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring Temporal Sandbar and Shoreline Changes at Saint Louis, Senegal: Using Sentinel-2 Imagery (2015–2022)

A Taveneau, R Almar, EWJ Bergsma, COT Cissé… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Understanding beach dynamics, both in time and in space, is paramount to better
understand how and when to intervene to improve coastal management strategies. Beach …