Increasing storm tides in New York Harbor, 1844-2013

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3149-3155

  Talke, S A ^a   Orton, P ^b   Jay, D A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal flood risk; Extreme Events; New York; North Atlantic Oscillation; return interval; storm tide storm surge

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

COASTAL FLOOD RISKS; EXTREME EVENTS; NEW YORK; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RETURN INTERVAL; STORM TIDE;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL; TIDE;

NEW YORK HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901953463     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059574     Document Type: Article

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