Risk assessment of hurricane storm surge for New York City

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Lin, N ^a   Emanuel, K A ^b   Smith, J A ^a   Vanmarcke, E ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; HURRICANES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ADVANCED CIRCULATION MODELS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL FLOODS; EMPIRICAL DATA; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAVY-TAILS; HURRICANE STORM SURGE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MAJOR HAZARDS; MODEL SIMULATION; MODEL-BASED; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; PEAKS-OVER-THRESHOLD METHOD; RETURN PERIODS; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FLOOD; HURRICANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957563339     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013630     Document Type: Article

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