Change in the height of a 50-year return period extreme water level event to the end of the 21st century for different scenarios
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Created 12 Nov 2009
Published 12 Nov 2009
Last modified 24 May 2017
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Climate change adaptation
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The water level is measured relative to the present day tide, due to changes in atmospheric storminess, an increase in mean sea level and vertical land movements
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Last upload:
- 30 Sep 2008
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Temporal coverage:
- 1950-2000
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Tags:
- climate , climate change , tides , storms , sea level , sea
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Owners:
- The Royal Society
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- Map
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Results are shown for the (left) A2 scenario and (right) B2 scenario, used model HadRM3H. A 50-year return period means the average probability of occurrence of two events in 100 years.
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