An evaluation of storm surge frequency-of- occurrence estimators

Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008 - Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008

Volumn 312, Issue , 2008, Pages 185-197

  Agbley, Senanu K ^a   Basco, David R ^b  

^a MICHAEL BAKER JR INC   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; HISTORICAL DATUM; JOINT PROBABILITY METHODS; STORM SURGES; SYNTHETIC DATUM; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 57649098730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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