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Pacific Island Groundwater and Future Climates: First-pass Regional Vulnerability Assessment Map 3: Potential vulnerability of groundwater in the Pacific region to future sea level (2035-2064)


This map shows the relative potential vulnerability of groundwater systems on islands in the Pacific region to relative mean sea-level rise (SLR) for the period of 2035-2064 considering sea-level rise data under a higher emissions scenario (RCP8.5). Potential vulnerability was assessed for the assumed principal aquifier on islands with potential for supporting permanent fresh groundwater. This map was developed by Geoscience Australia for the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) programme. 

This map is Map 3 of a series of 7 maps that were developed as part of the Pacific Island Groundwater and Future Climates: First-pass Regional Vulnerability Assessment  http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2014.043. The maps were developed by Geoscience Australia for the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) programme.

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https://www.pacificclimatechange.net/document/pacific-island-groundwater-regional-vulnerability-assessment-maps
040104 - Climate Change Processes, 040603 - Hydrogeology, 040608 - Surfacewater Hydrology
http://www.environment.gov.au/climate-change/adaptation/international-climate-change-adaptation-initiative/paccsap, http://www.ga.gov.au/about/what-we-do/projects/water/pacific-island-groundwater-and-future-climates-first-pass-regional-vulnerability-assessment
Geographic and Temporal Extents
Start 2035/01/01 Start text End 2064/12/12 End text
Attributions and Constraints
All Rights (including copyright) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2014 © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2014. With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and where otherwise noted, all material in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Commonwealth
Expert knowledge was provided by Pacific Island hydrologists (Tony Falkland and Ian White). Input from the Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is acknowledged. Various datasets were provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Bureau of Metorology (BoM), the SPC and the Regioal Costal Susceptibility Framework for the Pacific Islands Project team. Catography by Veronika Galinec, Products and Promotion, Geoscience Australia.
Dixon-Jain, P., Normal, R., Stewart, G., Fontaine, K., Walker, K., Sundaram, B., Flannery, E., Riddell, A., Wallace, L. 2014 Pacific Island Groundwater and Future Climates: First-Pass Regional Vulnerability Assessment. Record 2014/43. Geoscience Australia: Canberra. http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2014.043
clientservices@ga.gov.au. internationaladaptation@environment.gov.au
2014