Future flood frequency under sea-level rise scenarios

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1078-1083

  Kriebel, David L ^a   Geiman, Joseph D ^a   Henderson, Gina R ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea level rise acceleration; statistics; storm surge

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY CURRENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGE;

ANNAPOLIS; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940923060     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00190.1     Document Type: Article

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