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Integrating Forecast Effects and Operational Behaviour in Designing the Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier

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In 1989 the Dutch government decided to build a storm surge barrier in the New Waterway near Rotterdam. To be feasible the barrier had to meet two main goals:closing frequency less than once every 10 years prescribed reduction of design water levels (DWL) at two representative locations.

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Janssen, J.P.F.M., Jorissen, R.E. (1992). Integrating Forecast Effects and Operational Behaviour in Designing the Rotterdam Storm Surge Barrier. In: Saul, A.J. (eds) Floods and Flood Management. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1630-5_22

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