Open AccessRapidly changing seasonal sea levels increase flood risk
Author(s) -
Wendel JoAnna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo180010
Subject(s) - flood myth , environmental science , sea level , oceanography , climatology , coastal flood , annual cycle , seasonality , sea level rise , climate change , geography , geology , ecology , biology , archaeology
Coastal sea levels typically rise in the summer and recede in the winter. Variability in the seasonal sea level cycle can be due to any number of meteorological or oceanographic influences and can affect marine and estuarial habitats.