Seasonal to decadal forcing of high water level percentiles in the German Bight throughout the last century

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 533-548

  Dangendorf, Sönke ^a   Mudersbach, Christoph ^a   Jensen, Jürgen ^a   Anette, Ganske ^b   Heinrich, Hartmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Extreme sea levels; German Bight; Sea level variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DESIGN WATER LEVEL; GERMAN BIGHT; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZONAL SURFACE WINDS;

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA LEVEL;

WATER LEVELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND; TIDAL RANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84877797821     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-013-0614-4     Document Type: Article

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