Regional Flooding Induced by Tide and Warm Water Effects in Tuvalu

A statistical model for simulating flood inundation in Tuvalu is developed in this study. The model is based on the major regional inundation factors - spring tides and warm-water mass, integrated with the digital elevation. Nineteen years of sea level data from tide gauge and satellite altimetry ar...

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Main Authors: Chen-Chih Lin, Chung-Ru Ho, Yu-Hsin Cheng, and Shin-Jye Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2015-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/pdf/v262-IIp213.pdf