A survey of European sea level infrastructure

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 927-934

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Rickards, L J ^a   Perez B ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SEA LEVEL; SURVEY; TELEMETRY; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI;

BLACK SEA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949538512     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-927-2009     Document Type: Article

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