Sea level rise along the East Asia and Chinese coasts and its role on the morphodynamic response of the Yangtze River Estuary

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-50

  Zhou, Xiaoyan ^a   Zheng, Jinhai ^a   Doong, Dong Jiing ^b   Demirbilek, Zeki ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic response; Morphodynamic; Sea level rise; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; RIVERS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HYDRODYNAMIC RESPONSE; MORPHODYNAMIC; MORPHODYNAMIC RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PERMANENT SERVICE FOR MEAN SEA LEVELS; SEA LEVEL RISE; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84885386661     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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