High swell warnings in the Caribbean Islands during March 2008

Natural Hazards

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Lefèvre, Jean Michel ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Altimeter data; Natural hazards; Numerical Wave models; Swell; Wave buoys

Indexed keywords

BUOY SYSTEM; COASTAL ZONE; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SWELL; WARNING SYSTEM; WATER WAVE; WAVE BREAKING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 64249168780     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9323-6     Document Type: Article

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