Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and extreme sea-level projections along the east coast of India in a future climate scenario

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-331

  Unnikrishnan, A S ^a   Ramesh Kumar, M R ^a   Sindhu, B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b COWI Gulf A/S ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Future projections; Regional climate model; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053321528     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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