Assessment of groundwater inundation as a consequence of sea-level rise

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 477-481

  Rotzoll, Kolja ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PLAIN; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER TABLE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HONOLULU; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877079457     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1725     Document Type: Article

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