Including climate change projections in probabilistic flood risk assessment

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-151

  Ward, P J ^a,b   van Pelt, S C ^c,d   de Keizer, O ^e   Aerts, J C J H ^a,b   Beersma, J J ^c   van den Hurk, B J J M ^c   te Linde, A H ^a,b,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f Twynstra Gudde   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flood risk; Modelling; Probabilistic; Rhine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899763955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12029     Document Type: Article

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