New mapping tool and techniques for visualizing sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts

Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 474-490

  Marcy, Douglas ^a   Brooks, William ^a   Draganov, Kyle ^a   Hadley, Brian ^a   Haynes, Chris ^a   Herold, Nate ^a   McCombs, John ^a   Pendleton, Matt ^a   Ryan, Sean ^a   Schmid, Keil ^a   Sutherland, Mike ^a   Waters, Kirk ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Mapping; Sea level

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOODING; CURRENT STATUS; DATA SOURCE; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNET MAPPING; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MAPPING APPLICATIONS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; MAPPING TOOLS; OCEAN SURFACES; PILOT PROJECTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVE AREA; TOOL DEVELOPMENT;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; DISASTERS; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; SEA LEVEL; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 80053155009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41185(417)42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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