Characteristics of high impact weather and meteorological disaster in Shanghai, China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 951-969

  Shi, Jun ^a   Cui, Linli ^a  

^a SHANGHAI METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; High impact weather; Impacts; Meteorological disaster; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FOG; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; RAINSTORM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; TYPHOON;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84855328913     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9877-6     Document Type: Article

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