Assessing the temporal variability in extreme storm-tide time series for coastal flood risk assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4983-4998

  Quinn, N ^a   Lewis, M ^b   Wadey, M P ^c   Haigh, I D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84908435390     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010197     Document Type: Article

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