Peer-reviewed journals
Leone, F., Sahal, A., Péroche, M., Lagahé, E., Gherardi, M., Vinet, F., Hachim, S., Lavigne, F. and Drouet, F.: Territorial Accessibility Modeling Serving Tsunami Risk Management (Mayotte, Indian Ocean, France), Applied Geography, submitted.
Sahal, A. and Morin, J.: Effects of the October 25, 2010, Mentawai tsunami in La Réunion Island (France): observations and crisis management, Natural Hazards, 62, 3, pp. 1125-1136, doi:10.1007/s11069-012-0136-2, 2012. Download the article
Sahal, A., Morin, J., Schindelé, F. and Lavigne, F.: A catalog of tsunamis in La Réunion Island (France) from 1883 to 2010, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 30, 3, 2011. Download the article
Lavigne, F. and Sahal, A. : La réalité des risques majeurs en Nouvelle-Calédonie. In : B. Cheroux and J.-Y. Faberon (Eds). Major risks and institutions in New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Symposium 22 and 23 October 2010, Noumea, Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, pp. 33-50, 2011.
Sahal, A. and Lemahieu, A.: The 1979 Nice airport tsunami: mapping of the flood in Antibes, Natural Hazards, 56, 3, pp. 833-840, doi:10.1007/s11069-010-9594-6, 2011. Download the article
Mehdi, K., Lavigne, F., El Khalidi, K., Melas, S., Virmoux, C., Zourarah, B., Brunstein, D. and Sahal, A. Contribution of Geological radar (GPR) for the knowledge of the spatial distribution of storm deposits in the lagoons of Sidi Moussa and Oualidia (Moroccan Atlantic west coast). Paralia, Mediterranean Coastal and Maritime Conference , Tangier, Morocco, 2, pp. 221-224, doi:10.5150/cmcm.2011.047, 2011. Download the article
Sahal, A., Pelletier, B., Chatelier, J., Lavigne, F. and Schindelé, F.: A catalog of tsunamis in New Caledonia from 28 March 1875 to 30 September 2009, Les Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, série Géosciences, 342, 434–447, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2010.01.013, 2010. Download the article
Roger, J., Baptista, M.A., Sahal, A., Allgeyer, S. and Hébert, H.: The transoceanic 1755 Lisbon tsunami in the Martinique, Pure Appl. Geophys., Proceedings of the International Tsunami Symposium, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2010, doi:10.1007/s00024-010-0216-8. Download the article
Roger, J., Baptista, M.A., Mosher, D., Hébert, H. and Sahal, A.: Tsunami impact on Newfoundland, Canada, due to far-field generated tsunamis. Implications on hazard assessment, Proceedings of the 9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, July 25-29, 2010, Toronto, Canada, n°1837.
Sahal, A., Roger, J., Allgeyer, S., Lemaire, B., Hébert, H., Schindelé, F., and Lavigne, F.: The tsunami triggered by the 21 May 2003 Boumerdes-Zemmouri (Algeria) earthquake: field investigations on the French Mediterranean coast and tsunami modelling, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1823-1834, doi:10.5194/nhess-9-1823-2009, 2009. Download the article
Conference proceedings and posters
Morin, J. and Sahal, A.: Discrepancies between stakeholders during the april 2007 volcanic crisis management at Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion Island, France, oral presentation at the conference “Cities and Volcanoes 7″, Colima, Mexico, 2012.
Lavigne, F., Coquet, M., Sahal, A., Drouet, F and Leone, F.: Population response to the tsunami risk in Petite-Terre, Mayotte, oral presentation at the conference “Géorisque 2012, risques naturels sur les littoraux”, El Jadida, Morocco, 2012.
Leone, F., Peroche, M., Lagahe, E., Heymann, A., Gherardi, M., Cherel, J-P., Mellas, S., Zourarah, B., Mehdi, K., Inani, D., Omira, R., Baptista, M-A., Lavigne, F., Sahal, A. and Grancher, D. : Modelling human impacts and anticipate the precautionary evacuation in case of tsunami in El Jadida (Maroc), Conference Symposium “Géorisque 2012, risques naturels sur les littoraux”, El Jadida, MarMorocco012.
Lavigne, F., Mehdi, K., El Khalidi, K., Melas, S., Virmoux, C., Zourarah, B., Brunstein, D., Sahal, A. and Fadili, A. : Spatial patterns and sedimentary architecture of two washover deposits revealed by ground penetrating radar on the Moroccan coast, poster for the “Coastal ecosystems vulnerability to global change and extreme events” symposium, Biarritz, France, 2011.
Sahal, A., Lavigne, F. and Robert, C.: Contributions of multi-agent modeling for planning the evacuation of beaches exposed to tsunami hazard : case study of the La Salis beach, Antibes, France, oral presentation at the conference “Cities, major risks and evacuations”, Compiegne, FFrance 2011.
Robert, C., Sahal, A. and Lavigne, F.: Assessing human vulnerability to tsunami hazard in the Western Mediterranean, poster for the UGI 2011, Santiago, Chile, 2011.
Leone, F., S. Mellas, R. Omira, M. Péroche, It. Lagahé, M.-A. Baptista,MM. Gherardi, J.-P. Cherel, A. Sahal, B. Zourarah, F. Lavigne, D. Grancher, A. Heymann and N. Meschinet De Richemond: Spatio-temporal modeling of human vulnerability to tsunamis in urban environement : I cas d'El Jadida (Morocco), Géorisque, Montpellier, France, 2011.
Sahal, A., Labbé, M., Lemahieu, A., Daubord, C., Donnadieu, C. and Hébert, H.: The 1979 Nice airport tsunami (French Riviera): comparison between field investigations and a refined numerical modelling of the landslide and consecutive tsunami, poster for the EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, 2011. Read the summary
Sahal, A., Morin, J., Lavigne, F. and Schindelé, F.: Indian Ocean transoceanic tsunamis affecting La Réunion Island , France, poster for the EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, 2011. Read the summary
Lavigne, F. and Sahal, A.: The major risks in New Caledonia, seminar “Major Hazards in New Caledonia : what institutional responses ?”, Noumea, New-Caledonia, France, 2010.
Sahal, A., Fautrero, M., Leone, F. and Lavigne, F.: PREPARTOI;: an integrated tsunami risk assessment project in the French territories of the Indian Ocean (La Réunion and Mayotte Islands), extended abstract and oral presentation for the «Indian Ocean Tsunami Modeling Symposium», Fremantle, Australia, 2010. Read the summary
Hébert, H., Roger, J., Sahal, A., Allgeyer, S., and Schindelé, F.: Tsunami hazard assessment in the Euro-Mediterranean region : outcome of the TRANSFER European project, EGU Abstract, 2010.
Sahal, A.: Tsunamis affecting New Caledonia : a catalog from 1875 to 2009 based on field investigations and archive research, extended abstract for the 3rd «International Tsunami Field Symposium», Sendai, Japan, 2010. Read the summary
Roger, J., Hébert, H., Briol, P. and Sahal, A.: The Tsunami Triggered by the El Asnam (Algeria) Earthquake of 1980: a New Hypothesis of Generation, "AGU Fall 2009", San Francisco, USA, 2009.
Sahal, A., Roger, J., Allgeyer, S., Hébert, H., Schindelé, F. and Lavigne, F.: The effects of the 2003 Zemmouri tsunami: database of observations in French harbors and influence of resonance effects, «International Tsunami Symposium 2009», Novosibirsk, Russia, 2009.
Sahal, A., Madelin, M. et Beltrando, G.: A G.I.S. to build an agro-climatic atlas of the vineyards of Champagne, Conference "Geoforum 2005 : Thinking and sharing geographic information : the G.I.S.. ", Lille, France, 2005.
Unpublished reports
Sahal, A. : Synthesis Report for the "Laboratoire de Géographie Physique" and the "Département Analyse Surveillance Environnement", Effects of tsunamis on the French Atlantic coast, Establishment of a database of observation, Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, C.E.A., D.A.S.E., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Handbook for Community-Based Disaster Management Practitioners, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Hazard Map (report and GoogleEarth .kml files), D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Vulnerability Assessment Report, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Awareness Raising Strategy, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Operational Early Warning System, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Standard Operational Procedures and National Disaster Management Plan with Tsunami Perspective, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Needs Assessment on Capacity Building, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. and Hoebreck, C.: Report for the Disaster Managment Project, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen, and for United Nations Development Program Yemen, Report on mission, D.M.P., U.N.D.P., 2009.
Sahal, A. : Mission Report for the Secretariat of State for Overseas Territories, Ministry of the Interior, French Republic, The tsunami risk in New Caledonia and Wallis-and-Futuna : impacts, perception and mobilization, 2008.
Sahal, A. : Synthesis Report for the "Département Analyse Surveillance Environnement", Effects of tsunamis in the western Mediterranean, Establishment of a database of observation, C.E.A., D.A.S.E., 2007.
Beltrando, G., Quenol, H., Bedel, O., Bridier, S. and Sahal, A. : Summary report for the "Direction Départementale de l’Equipement" of the Bas-Rhin, impact assessment of the embankment of the future deviation of road RN59 on the additional risk of spring frost in the vineyards of Châtenois, P.R.O.D.I.G. C.N.R.S., Paris VII Jussieu University, 2006.
Beltrando, G., Quenol, H., Bridier, S. and Sahal, A. : Assessment report for the "Direction Départementale de l’Equipement" of the Bas-Rhin, impact assessment of the embankment of the future deviation of road RN59 on the additional risk of spring frost in the vineyards of Châtenois (Alsace, France), P.R.O.D.I.G. C.N.R.S., Paris VII Jussieu University, 2004.
University Thesis
Sahal, A. : The tsunami risk in France : methodological contributions for an integrated assessment through risk scenarios, PhD thesis in Geography, under the direction of Prof.. F. Lavigne and F. Leone, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 268p. + Appendices, 2011. Download the thesis
Sahal, A. : Methodological elements for monitoring experimental plots in Conservation Agriculture : soil quality, agricultural practices and erosion in the Grand Ouest (Britany, France), Master's Thesis 2 « Espace, Dynamiques des Milieux et Risques », under the direction of Professor. G. Beltrando, Paris VII Jussieu University, June 2006.
Sahal, A. : Topoclimatology, interpolation of temperatures and vinyards description in the C.A. Champagne : G.I.S. and decision making, M.Sc. Geography, under the direction of Professor. G. Beltrando, Paris VII Jussieu University, June 2005.
Media
- Television :
- RFO Mayotte, guest of the prime time news of the 20 February 2010, the tsunami risk in Mayotte and the PREPARTOI program.
- RFO Wallis-and-Futuna, guest of the prime time news of the 30 May 2008, the tsunami risk in Wallis-and-Futuna.
- RFO New Caledonia, interview broadcasted on the evening news of 8 April 2008, the tsunami risk in New Caledonia.
- Newspapers :
- Le Quotidien de l’ile de La Réunion, “Facing the tsunami risk , La Réunion Island is not ready”, published on 16 March 2011.
- Le Figaro, “Should we fear a giant wave in France ?”, Interview with Yves Miserey, published on 12-13 March 2011.
- Le Journal de l’Ile de la Réunion, Call for witnesses following the tsunami of the 26 octobre 2010, published oOctobertobre 2010.
- AFP-RFO Mayotte, “Mission on the prevention of tsunamis”, published on 16 February 2010, available by clicking here.
- Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, “A researcher assesses the tsunami risk”, n °11151, 17-18 May 2008.
- Radio :
- RFO La Reunion Island, invited with Julie Morin in a program presented by Ludovic Pirazzolli, broadcasted on 5 November 2010 following the tsunami of 26 October 2010 (presentation of the research program PREPARTOI; tsunami risk, awareness and prepardness in La Reunion Island).
- ABC / Radio Australia, interview broadcasted on 29 April 2008 following an earthquake in New Caledonia.
- Radio Djiido (New-Caledonia), interview with a witness of a tidal wave, broadcasted on 16 April 2008.
- ABC / Radio Australia, interview broadcasted on 10 April 2008 about the fact-finding mission to New Caledonia.
- RFO (radio), interview about the fact-finding mission in New-Caledonia, several broadcasts from April to May 2008.
- Radio Rythme Bleu, interview about the fact-finding mission in New-Caledonia, several broadcasts from April to May 2008.
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