Mapping hurricane rita inland storm tide

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Berenbrock, C ^a   Mason Jr , R R ^a   Blanchard, S F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Hurricane; Interpolation; Storm tide; Water level

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FLOODING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE RITA 2005; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; STORM; WATER LEVEL;

CALCASIEU RIVER; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449116575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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