Figure 9
Areas along the German North Sea coast protected from storm surges. Based on coastDat-2 data the map shows areas that are protected by coastal defenses during twice daily normal high tides (yellow), present day storm surges (based on the data from the storm surge 16-17 February 1962, light green) and future storm surge conditions (additional 1.1 m on top of present day conditions accounting for the effects of rising mean sea levels and changing storm surge climate, dark green).