Quantifying the uncertainty in future coastal flood risk estimates for the U.K

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 870-881

  Lewis, Matt ^a,b   Horsburgh, Kevin ^a   Bates, Paul ^b   Smith, Ros ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coastal inundation; extreme water level; Flood risk; sea level rise; storm tide; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; HEIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

ENGLAND; NORTH SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052189779     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00147.1     Document Type: Article

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