Understanding extreme sea levels for broad-scale coastal impact and adaptation analysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Wahl, T ^a   Haigh, I D ^b   Nicholls, R J ^b   Arns, A ^c   Dangendorf, S ^c   Hinkel, J ^d,e   Slangen, A B A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^d Global Climate Forum   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEA LEVEL RISE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85022210213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16075     Document Type: Article

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