The impact of future sea-level rise on the global tides

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-68

  Pickering, M D ^a   Horsburgh, K J ^b   Blundell, J R ^a   Hirschi, J J M ^a   Nicholls, R J ^a   Verlaan, M ^c,d   Wells, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barotropic tides; Climatic changes; Flood forecasting; Sea level rise; Tidal change; Tidal power

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BAROTROPIC TIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL MODELING; TIDAL POWER; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA;

EID: 85017093271     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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