Computation of expected total water levels along the East Coast of India

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-687

  Jain, Indu ^a   Rao, A D ^a   Jitendra, V ^a   Dube, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Storm surges; total water level; tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; HISTORICAL RECORD; MARITIME BOUNDARY; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE; STORM SURGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WAVE SETUP; WIND STRESS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; TAMIL NADU; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77954615446     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1170.1     Document Type: Article

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