Storm surge frequency reduction in Venice under climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1065-1079

  Troccoli, Alberto ^a   Zambon, Filippo ^b,c   Hodges, Kevin I ^b   Marani, Marco ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COASTAL REGIONS; FEATURE MODELS; REANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; STORM SURGES; TIDAL LEVEL; TIME HORIZONS;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TIDE GAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDAL MODELING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 84864283557     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0093-x     Document Type: Article

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