A coastal storms intensity scale for the Catalan sea (NW Mediterranean)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2453-2462

  Mendoza, E T ^a,c   Jimenez, J A ^a   Mateo, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Servei Geologic Catalunya Inst C   (Spain)

^c Ins Ing   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STORM;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80052841026     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2453-2011     Document Type: Article

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