Global mapping of storm surges and the assessment of coastal vulnerability

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1295-1312

  Brakenridge, G R ^a   Syvitski, J P M ^a   Overeem, I ^a   Higgins, S A ^a   Kettner, A J ^a   Stewart Moore, J A ^a   Westerhoff, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Storm surges; Surge modeling; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL ZONE; GIS; MODIS; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM SURGE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84876924090     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0317-z     Document Type: Article

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