Climate links and variability of extreme sea-level events at key west, pensacola, and mayport, florida

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 350-356

  Park, Joseph ^a   Obeysekera, Jayantha ^a   Irizarry Ortiz, Michelle ^a   Barnes, Jenifer ^a   Park Said, Winifred ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climates; Coastal processes; Infrastructure; Surge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001848956     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000052     Document Type: Article

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