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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
This work was supported by the DINAS-COAST project which 
received funding from the EU under contract number EVK2- 
2000-22024. The contributions of the entire DINAS-COAST 
consortium, without whom this work would not have been 
possible, are gratefully acknowledged. They comprise Potsdam 
Institute for Climate Research, Hamburg University, Delft 
Hydraulics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, DEMIS bv and 
Middlesex University.