Effect of surge uncertainty on probabilistically computed dune erosion

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1023-1033

  Roscoe, K L ^a   Diermanse, F ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dune erosion; FORM; Monte Carlo importance sampling; Probabilistic methods; Storm surge; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DUNE EROSION; FORM; MONTE CARLO; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EROSION; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SAMPLING; SURGE PROTECTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COASTAL EROSION; DUNE; EROSION CONTROL; FLOOD CONTROL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79960844409     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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