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SUBMITTER: Muis S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4931224 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muis Sanne S Verlaan Martin M Winsemius Hessel C HC Aerts Jeroen C J H JC Ward Philip J PJ
Nature communications 20160627
Extreme sea levels, caused by storm surges and high tides, can have devastating societal impacts. To effectively protect our coasts, global information on coastal flooding is needed. Here we present the first global reanalysis of storm surges and extreme sea levels (GTSR data set) based on hydrodynamic modelling. GTSR covers the entire world's coastline and consists of time series of tides and surges, and estimates of extreme sea levels. Validation shows that there is good agreement between mode ...[more]