The simultaneous occurrence of surge and discharge extremes for the Rhine delta

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2017-2029

  Kew, S F ^a,b   Selten, F M ^a   Lenderink, G ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DELTA; DIKE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; RHINE BASIN; RHINE DELTA; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 84882738651     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2017-2013     Document Type: Article

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