Characteristics of extreme meteorological forcing and water levels in Mobile Bay, Alabama

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 704-718

  Zhao, Haihong ^a   Chen, Qin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical tides; Extreme water levels; Extreme winds; Physical forcing; Shallow estuary; Statistical analysis; Storm surge; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

ALABAMA; DAUPHIN ISLAND; MOBILE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749122825     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9062-7     Document Type: Article

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