GIS analysis of effects of future Baltic sea level rise on the island of Gotland, Sweden

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1571-1582

  Ebert, Karin ^a   Ekstedt, Karin ^a   Jarsjo, Jerker ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL AQUIFER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIDAR; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GOTLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84978197096     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-16-1571-2016     Document Type: Article

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