Design of a sea-level tsunami detection network for the Gulf of Cadiz

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1327-1338

  Omira, R ^a,b   Baptista, M A ^a,c   Matias, L ^a,d   Miranda, J M ^a   Catita, C ^a   Carrilho, F ^d   Toto, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM DAMAGE; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF CADIZ; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 76149092517     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1327-2009     Document Type: Article

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