Natural hazards associated with meteorological extreme events

Natural Hazards

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 487-497

  De, U S ^a   Khole, Medha ^a   Dandekar, M M ^a  

^a Meteorological Office   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Disaster mitigation; Droughts and floods; Heat and cold waves; Meteorological extreme events; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; NATURAL HAZARD;

EID: 2442519520     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000023363.93647.c7     Document Type: Article

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