The co-incidence of storm surges and extreme discharges within the Rhine–Meuse Delta

The Netherlands is a low-lying coastal area and therefore threatened by both extreme river discharges from the Meuse and Rhine rivers and storm surges along the North Sea coastline. To date, in most flood risk analyses these two hazardous phenomena are considered independent. However, if there were...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	W J Klerk, H C Winsemius, W J van Verseveld, A M R Bakker, F L M Diermanse
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Subjects:	flood risk climate change hydrology extreme value statistics statistical dependence correlations open climate campaign
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/035005