The influence of weather conditions on the relative incident rate of fishing vessels

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 985-999

  Wu, Yue ^a   Pelot, Ronald P ^a,b   Hilliard, Casey ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fishing incidents; Maritime risk; Regression tree; Search and rescue; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

FISHING ACTIVITIES; ICE CONCENTRATION; MARITIME ACTIVITIES; MARITIME RISKS; MARITIME TRAFFIC; REGRESSION TREES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEARCH AND RESCUE;

FISHING VESSELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISHING VESSEL; FOG; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE HEIGHT; WEATHER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; FISHING; FOG; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650422030     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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