Modelling tides and sea-level rise: To flood or not to flood

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-29

  Pelling, Holly E ^a   Mattias Green, J A ^a   Ward, Sophie L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Shelf; Sea level rise; Shelf sea tides; Tidal model

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN SHELF; FUTURE CLIMATE; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; IRISH SEA; NORTH SEA; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA TIDES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; TIDAL DYNAMICS; TIDAL MODELS; TIDAL SYSTEMS; VERTICAL WALL; WATER DEPTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEA LEVEL; TIDES;

FLOODS;

AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; MODELING; OCEAN TIDE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELF SEA; WATER DEPTH; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84873839972     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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