Climatic oscillations influence the flooding of Venice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a   Fosser, Giorgia ^a,b   D'Alpaos, Luigi ^b   D'Odorico, Paolo ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; TIDES;

CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; VENICE, ITALY;

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE; WORLD;

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; AVERAGE ELEVATION; CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; TELECONNECTIONS; VENICE , ITALY; WINTER MONTHS;

EID: 28144455247     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023758     Document Type: Article

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