Storm surge return periods for the United States Gulf Coast

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2012: Crossing Boundaries, Proceedings of the 2012 Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2422-2463

  Needham, Hal F ^a   Keim, Barry D ^a   Sathiaraj, David ^a   Shafer, Mark ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DECISION MAKERS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; FLORIDA; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; K-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; KATRINA; KOLMOGOROV; LINEAR REGRESSION METHODS; LOUISIANA; MISSING DATA; MISSISSIPPI; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RETURN PERIODS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; STORM SURGES; SUB-REGIONS; TIME-PERIODS; WEST COAST;

FLOODS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HURRICANES; LINEAR REGRESSION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEPARATION; STORMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84866067755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412312.245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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