Increasing wave heights along the shores of the United States: Climate controls and hazards

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

Volumn 312, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-157

  Komar, Paul D ^a   Allan, Jonathan C ^b   Ruggiero, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WATER WAVES;

CLIMATE CYCLES; EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; HURRICANE INTENSITIES; SEA-LEVEL RISE; STORM INTENSITIES; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WAVE HEIGHTS;

STORMS;

EID: 57649101528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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