Effect of sea level extremes on the western Basque coast during the 21st century

Climate Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-248

  Marcos, Marta ^a   Chust, Guillem ^b   Jordà, Gabriel ^a   Caballero, Ainhoa ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal impacts; Extremes; LiDAR; Sea level; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BAROTROPIC; BAY OF BISCAY; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COASTAL IMPACTS; COASTAL REGIONS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ESTUARINE HABITATS; EXTREMES; GAS CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH WATER; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEAN SEA LEVEL; OCEAN MODEL; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RETURN LEVEL; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; STORM SURGES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIDE GAUGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; OPTICAL RADAR; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

FLOODS;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIDAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 84860197916     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01069     Document Type: Review

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