The effect of the 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle on regional sea-level rise estimates

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 511-516

  Baart, Fedor ^a,b   Van Gelder, Pieter H A J M ^a   De Ronde, John ^a,b   Van Koningsveld, Mark ^a,c   Wouters, Bert ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Environmental Engineering Van Oord ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decadal; Sea level; subsidence; tide; trend estimate

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; DECADAL VARIATION; LUNAR CYCLE; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857832768     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00169.1     Document Type: Article

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