Causes of the unusual coastal flooding generated by Typhoon Winnie on the West Coast of Korea

Natural Hazards

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 485-500

  Moon, I J ^a   Oh, I S ^b   Murty, T ^c   Youn, Y H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c WF Baird & Associates Coastal Engineers   (Canada)

^d Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Astronomical meteorological index; Coastal flooding; Coupled ocean wave circulation model; High sea levels; Resonance coupling; Tidal forcing; Transported water

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; SEA LEVEL; STORM SURGE; TIDAL POWER; TYPHOON;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0042824222     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024798718572     Document Type: Article

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