Mapping and portraying inundation uncertainty of bathtub-type models

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 548-561

  Schmid, Keil ^a   Hadley, Brian ^a,b   Waters, Kirk ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; elevation; error; inundation; LIDAR; Models; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAPPING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOFTWARE; TIDAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900417253     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00118.1     Document Type: Article

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