The impact of climate change on storm surges over Irish waters

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 83-94

  Wang, Shiyu ^a   McGrath, Ray ^a   Hanafin, Jenny ^b   Lynch, Peter ^b   Semmler, Tido ^a   Nolan, Paul ^b  

^a Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Extreme surge; Regional atmosphere model; ROMS; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER LEVELS;

EXTREME SURGE; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERE MODEL; ROMS; STORM SURGE; STORM SURGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HINDCASTING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; IRISH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51049087935     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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