Criteria for evaluating the condition of a tropical cyclone warning system

Disasters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-216

  Parker, Dennis ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Evaluative criteria; Tropical cyclones; Warnings

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 0032724169     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00113     Document Type: Article

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