The impact of sea level rise on storm surge water levels in the northern part of the German Bight

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-131

  Arns, A ^a   Wahl, T ^a,b   Dangendorf, S ^a   Jensen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme water levels; German Bight; Nonlinearities; Tidal changes

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOODS; STORMS; TIDAL POWER; WATER LEVELS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DESIGN WATER LEVEL; GERMAN BIGHT; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIDAL CHANGE; TIDAL PROPAGATION; WAVE ENERGY DISSIPATION;

SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NONLINEARITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84920990052     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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