A Bayesian network to predict coastal vulnerability to sea level rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Gutierrez, Benjamin T ^a   Plant, Nathaniel G ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; HINDCASTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; TIDE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955530003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001891     Document Type: Article

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