The impact of future sea-level rise on the European Shelf tides

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Pickering, M D ^a   Wells, N C ^a   Horsburgh, K J ^b   Green, J A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; European Shelf; Flood risk; Non linear tidal change; Sea level rise; Tidal resonance

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FLOOD CONTROL; MODEL VALIDATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL RANGE; WAVELENGTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRETAGNE; BRISTOL CHANNEL; CUXHAVEN; FRANCE; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; ILLE ET VILAINE; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; SAINT MALO; UNITED KINGDOM; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84856778581     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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