North Sea storm surge statistics based on projections in a warmer climate: How important are the driving GCM and the chosen emission scenario?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Woth, Katja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL (GCM); STORM SURGE EXTREMES; STORM SURGE PROJECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STORM SURGE;

EID: 30744445158     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023762     Document Type: Article

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