Climate change impact on extreme wave conditions in the north sea: An ensemble study

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 199-212

  Grabemann, Iris ^a   Weisse, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; North Sea; Ocean waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE]; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS; CONTROL SIMULATIONS; DRIVING DATUMS; EMISSION SCENARIOS; EXTREME WAVE HEIGHTS; EXTREME WAVES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LARGE PARTS; NORTH SEA; NORTH SEAS; OCEAN WAVES; POSSIBLE FUTURES; REFERENCE WAVES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEA STATES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MODEL WAM; WIND FIELDS; WIND SPEEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SEA STATE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 55849087573     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0141-x     Document Type: Article

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