Increased threat of tropical cyclones and coastal flooding to New York City during the anthropogenic era

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 12610-12615

  Reed, Andra J ^a   Mann, Michael E ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^b   Lin, Ning ^c   Horton, Benjamin P ^d,e   Kemp, Andrew C ^f   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^g  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood height; New Jersey; Relative sea level; Storm surge; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; HURRICANE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; THREAT; UNITED STATES; DISASTER; NEW YORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FLOODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 84944145294     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1513127112     Document Type: Article

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