Increasing flooding hazard in coastal communities due to rising sea level: Case study of Miami Beach, Florida

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Wdowinski, Shimon ^a   Bray, Ronald ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a   Wu, Zhaohua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EEMD; Flooding hazard; Sea level rise; Southeast Florida; Tide gauge record

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; GAGES; HAZARDS; INSURANCE; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

EEMD; FLOODING HAZARDS; FLORIDA; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIDE GAUGES;

FLOODS;

EID: 84961891795     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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