Looking for evidence of climate change impacts in the eastern Irish Sea

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1641-1656

  Esteves, L S ^a   Williams, J J ^b   Brown, J M ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 79959299908     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1641-2011     Document Type: Article

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