[Ráfaga] #2071: floods, population, bathymetry

[Jorge Sanz]

#2071: floods, population, bathymetry

Wed, 24 May 2023 by Raf

* New York City faces an accelerated flood risk from rising sea levels
as well as subsidence caused by the urban load that skyscrapers add to
clay-rich soils

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF003465

* World population density map update with new, higher-resolution GHSL
2023 dataset provides accurate density map and highlights settlement
patterns around the world

https://luminocity3d.org/WorldPopDen/#8/41.548/1.714

* Satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) with Sentinel-2A/B imagery
retrieves depths down to 14 m with an average bias of 0.02 m and an
average absolute error of 0.71 m compared to echosounder data multi
beam

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223001504

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