Meteorological tsunamis on the coasts of British Columbia and Washington

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 971-988

  Thomson, R E ^a   Rabinovich, A B ^a,b   Fine, I V ^a   Sinnott, D C ^c   McCarthy, A ^d   Sutherland, N A S ^c   Neil, L K ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of Ocean Sciences   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure fluctuations; British Columbia; Meteorological tsunamis; Sea level oscillations; Seiches; Washington State

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; METEOROLOGICAL TSUNAMIS; SEA LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SEICHES; WASHINGTON STATE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; SEA LEVEL; STEEL BRIDGES; WAVES;

TSUNAMIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; OSCILLATION; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEICHE; TSUNAMI;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 70449517512     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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