Future nuisance flooding at Boston caused by astronomical tides alone

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 578-587

  Ray, Richard D ^a   Foster, Grant ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Tempo Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

sea level; tidal flooding; tides

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COAST; FLOODING; OCEAN TIDE; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOSTON; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009275120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000423     Document Type: Article

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