Modeling tsunami damage in Aceh: A reply

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-10

  Iverson, Louis R ^a   Prasad, Anantha M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aceh; Coastal forests; Mangrove; Random Forest; Tsunami vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANGROVE; MODELING; STORM DAMAGE; TSUNAMI; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; ATJEH; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 37449014705     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9180-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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