To do so, we propagate waves using SWASH model with rising mean sea level towards the shoreline and assess the flooding extend under different conditions. Finally, we evaluate the coastal impacts of extreme swell waves in two strategic case study islands with different exposures and where land reclamation and different adaptation solutions have been/are being done. We then propagate extreme waves inside the domain using WaveWatch III model run onto a high-resolution grid (down to 500 m at the coast). In this study we characterize, using the output of global wind-wave models forced by wind fields from the CMIP5 ensemble delivered by CSIRO, the present conditions and future projections of the waves around the Maldivian archipelago, as well as the return periods for the predominant swell directions. Besides the mean sea level rise in this region, that is expected to be around 1 m by the end of the century according to the last IPCC report, these islands are exposed to one of the largest swells in terms of significant wave height and peak period. The Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean, are the paradigm of low-lying coral-reef islands where adaptation to climate change is essential. ing accurate retrieval when recall cues are incomplete (Mc-Naughton and Nadel, 1990 O’Reilly and McClelland, 1994 Nakazawa et al., 2002 Gold and Kesner, 2005 McHugh et al., 2007 Clellandetal.,2009 Nakashibaetal.,2012).CA2function, however,haslargelybeenignored.

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