A framework for sea level rise vulnerability assessment for southwest U.S. military installations

OCEANS'11 - MTS/IEEE Kona, Program Book

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  Chadwick, Bart ^a   Flick, Reinhard ^b   Helly, John ^c   Nishikawa, Tracey ^d   Pei Fang Wang, ^a   O'Reilly, William ^b   Guza, Robert ^b   Bromirski, Peter ^b   Young, Adam ^b   Crampton, Walter ^b   Wild, Bill ^a   Canner, Issac ^e  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b TerraCosta Consulting Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Moffatt and Nichol Blaylock   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; MILITARY BASES; NATIONAL SECURITY; OCEAN CURRENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL;

ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; SEA LEVEL CONDITION; SENSITIVITY CURVES; U.S. MILITARIES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WAVE CONDITIONS;

INSTALLATION;

EID: 84855818408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/oceans.2011.6107212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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