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New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 4: Dynamic Coastal Flood Modeling
Author(s) -
Orton Philip,
Vinogradov Sergey,
Georgas Nickitas,
Blumberg Alan,
Lin Ning,
Gornitz Vivien,
Little Christopher,
Jacob Klaus,
Horton Radley
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.12589
Subject(s) - climate change , flood myth , environmental science , geography , oceanography , geology , archaeology
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