The dependence of UK extreme sea levels and storm surges on the North Atlantic Oscillation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 935-946

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Flather, R A ^a   Williams, J A ^a   Wakelin, S L ^a   Jevrejeva, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Extreme values; Flood forecasting; Sea level changes; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; FLOOD FORECASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947496353     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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