The co-incidence of storm surges and extreme discharges within the Rhine-Meuse Delta

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Klerk, W J ^a   Winsemius, H C ^a   Van Verseveld, W J ^a   Bakker, A M R ^b   Diermanse, F L M ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; correlations; extreme value statistics; flood risk; hydrology; statistical dependence

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; STORMS; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVELS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORRELATIONS; EXTREME DISCHARGES; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISKS; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; STATISTICAL DEPENDENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAST; CORRELATION; FLOOD CONTROL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; RIVER DISCHARGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEUSE BASIN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; RHINE DELTA;

EID: 84925426237     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/035005     Document Type: Article

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