Climate change, mean sea level and high tides in the bay of fundy

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-276

  Greenberg, David A ^a   Blanchard, Wade ^b   Smith, Bruce ^b   Barrow, Elaine ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fundy; Sea level rise; Tide

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 84873306668     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2012.668670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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