The RISKMED project: Philosophy, methods and products

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1393-1401

  Bartzokas, A ^a   Azzopardi, J ^b   Bertotti, L ^c   Buzzi, A ^d   Cavaleri, L ^c   Conte, D ^e   Davolio, S ^d   Dietrich, S ^e   Drago, A ^b   Drofa, O ^d   Gkikas, A ^a   Kotroni, V ^f   Lagouvardos, K ^f   Lolis, C J ^a   Michaelides, S ^g   Miglietta, M ^e   Mugnai, A ^e   Music, S ^b   Nikolaides, K ^g   Porcu F ^h   Savvidou, K ^g   Tsirogianni, M I ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; REAL TIME; SEVERE WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYPRUS; GREECE; ITALY; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 77649113602     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1393-2010     Document Type: Article

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