REVIEWED ADVANCING COASTAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN DENMARK BY LAND SUBSIDENCE MAPPING USING SENTINEL-1 SATELLITE IMAGERY Carlo Sørensen There are still large uncertainties in projections of climate DTU Space
[email protected] change and sea level rise. Here, land subsidence is an additional factor that may adversely aff ect the vulnerability Niels H. Broge Danish Ministry of Energy, towards fl oods in low-lying coastal communities. The pre- Utilities and Climate sented study performs an initial assessment of subsidence
[email protected] mapping using Sentinel-1 satellite imagery and leveling at Mads R. Mølgaard two coastal locations in Denmark. Within both investigated Geo
[email protected] areas current subsidence rates of 5-10 millimeters per year are found. This subsidence is related to the local geology, Joanna F. Levinsen Danish Agency for Data and challenges and potentials in bringing land subsidence Supply and Effi ciency mapping and geology into climate adaptation are discussed jofl
[email protected] in relation to perspectives of a national subsidence moni to- Nik Okkels ring system partly based on the fi ndings from the two Geo
[email protected] coastal locations. The current lack of subsidence data and a fragmentation of geotechnical information are considered Per Knudsen DTU Space as hindrances to optimal adaptation in Denmark. A simple
[email protected] decision support system is suggested to gradually imple- ment subsidence monitoring and to include geotechnical information in coastal climate adaptation to the benefi t of municipalities and other stakeholders. Keywords: Land subsidence, geotechnical archives, geological models, Sentinel-1, coastal climate impacts, decision support, adaptation, precision leveling Climate change adversely impacts society and adaptation is a global challenge faced by all with both local and international dimensions (UNFCC 2016).