Remote forcing of water levels by tropical cyclones in Southwest Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1549-1561

  Eliot, Matthew ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental shelf wave; Sea level; South western Australia; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOODING; RESONANCE; SEA LEVEL; SHELF WAVE; STORM DAMAGE; TORRENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROUGH; WATER LEVEL; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND DIRECTION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955281908     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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