Meteo-tsunami hazard associated with summer thunderstorms in the United Kingdom

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1016-1022

  Haslett, Simon K ^a   Mellor, Holly E ^b   Bryant, Edward A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Clairbrook Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach management; Hazard; Meteo tsunami; Thunderstorms; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

METEO-TSUNAMI; OPEN OCEAN; SOURCE MECHANISMS; SUMMER MONTHS; TSUNAMI HAZARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; HAZARDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THUNDERSTORMS;

TSUNAMIS;

BEACH; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; OPEN OCEAN; SEICHE; SUMMER; THUNDERSTORM; TSUNAMI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449524661     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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