Sea level rise, hydrologic runoff, and the flooding of Venice

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Rinaldo, A ^a,b,f   Nicotina, L ^b   Alessi Celegon, E ^b   Beraldin, F ^c   Botter, G ^b   Carniello, L ^b   Cecconi, G ^c   Defina, A ^b   Settin, T ^b,d   Uccelli, A ^b,e   D'Alpaos, L ^b   Marani, M ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Magistrato alle Acque di Venezia   (Italy)

^d Regione del Veneto   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ISTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

ADRIATIC SEAS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CURRENT PROTECTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORKS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; RESIDUAL FLUXES; SEA STORMS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TIDAL EXCHANGES; TIME AND SPACES; TIME-SCALES; WIND SETUPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAGOON; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; WATER EXCHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 59649086028     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007195     Document Type: Article

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