Local sea level change scenarios for the end of the 21st century and potential physical impacts in the lower ria de aveiro (Portugal)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1515-1526

  Lopes, Carina L ^a   Silva, Paulo A ^a   Dias, João M ^a   Rocha, Alfredo ^a   Picado, Ana ^a   Plecha, Sandra ^a   Fortunato, André B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrodynamics; Local sea level change; Morphodynamics; Ria de Aveiro

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ASYMMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAGOON; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOCIAL IMPACT; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

EID: 80052336828     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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