North slope trends in sea level, storm frequency, duration and intensity

International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice 2010, ICETECH 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 199-204

  Sultan, Nels J ^a   Braun, Kenton W ^a   Thieman, Dempsey S ^a   Sampath, Ajay ^a  

^a PND Engineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Sea level; Storm frequency; Storm intensity

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; MEAN SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RETURN PERIODS; STORM INTENSITY; STORM SURGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXHIBITIONS; SHIPS; STORMS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84864117703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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