Sea-level rise around the Australian coastline and the changing frequency of extreme sea-level events

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-260

  Church, John A ^a,b   Hunter, John R ^b   McInnes, Kathleen L ^a,b   White, Neil J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; OCEAN TIDE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; STORM SURGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34248664956     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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