Coastal flooding in Florida's big bend region with application to sea level rise based on synthetic storms analysis

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-500

  Hagen, Scott C ^a   Bacopoulos, Peter ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floodplain inundation; Hurricane scales; Storm surge; Waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; HURRICANE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FRANKLIN COUNTY [FLORIDA]; JEFFERSON COUNTY [FLORIDA]; UNITED STATES; WAKULLA COUNTY;

EID: 84871903424     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2012.04.17.01(WMH)     Document Type: Article

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