The BRGM is leading the Carib-Coast project aimed at pooling, co-constructing and disseminating monitoring procedures, prevention of coastal risks and adaptation to climate change in the Caribbean.
The project revolves around three axes: the shaping of a hydrodynamics modeling platform in the Caribbean in order to be able to simulate all the meteorological-marine phenomena of currentology; the development of a coastal erosion observatory network; making decision-making tools available to decision-makers concerning coastal risks, erosion management techniques and anticipation of the effects of climate change.
Several actions will be carried out on the French islands.
In Saint-Martin, the BRGM will carry out, as part of the first part of the project, a hydrodynamic measurement campaign on Saint-Martin during the first half of next year. In addition, a surface wave will be acquired locally. The buoy will be installed in the northwest of the island of Tintamarre at a distance of approximately 10 km from the coast and at approximately 30 meters below sea level.
The data acquired will help to better characterize the hydrodynamic functioning around the islands and provide elements of validation for the numerical models which will be implemented later.
The modeling platform will also make it possible to carry out prospective simulations to carry out a regionalization of the expected effects of global climate change by 2070-2100.
This Carib-Coast project is partially funded by Interreg Caribbean funds
(source soaligapost.com).
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