Analyzing sea level rise and tide characteristics change driven by coastal construction at Mokpo Coastal Zone in Korea

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 415-425

  Kang, Ju Whan ^a   Moon, Seong Rok ^a   Park, Seon Jung ^a   Lee, Khil Ha ^b  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coastal construction; Design height; Extreme high water level; Global warming; Mokpo coastal zone

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL TIDES; CHOKING EFFECTS; COASTAL CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION EFFECTS; EXTREME HIGH WATER LEVEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; HIGH TIDES; HIGH WATERS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MOKPO COASTAL ZONE; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RETURN PERIODS; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TIDAL FLATS;

AMPLIFICATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; DESIGN; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETAINING WALLS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; WATER LEVELS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COASTAL STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 64549103349     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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