Hazard warning! Hydrological responses in the Fiji Islands to climate variability and severe meteorological events

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 296, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Terry, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Fiji Islands; Floods; Hydrological droughts; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODS; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS; WATER RESOURCES;

EL NIÑO; FIJI ISLANDS; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NATURAL HAZARD; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 17444381648     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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