Operational wave prediction of extreme storms in Northern Europe

Natural Hazards

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-399

  Behrens, Arno ^a   Günther, Heinz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Destructive winter storms; North Sea; Operational wave forecasting; WAM; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; PREDICTION; STORM SURGE; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 64249107099     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9298-3     Document Type: Article

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