Extreme sea levels, coastal flooding and climate change with a focus on Atlantic Canada

Natural Hazards

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Thompson, Keith R ^a   Bernier, Natacha B ^a   Chan, Paul ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal flooding; Extreme sea levels; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; HURRICANE; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 69949138627     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9380-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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