Northern Adriatic meteorological tsunamis: Observations, link to the atmosphere, and predictability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ŝepić, Jadranka ^a   Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Strelec Mahovi, Nataa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; SEA LEVEL; TSUNAMIS;

850-HPA; AIR PRESSURES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; JET STREAMS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; PRESSURE DISTURBANCE; PROPAGATION SPEED; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TIDE GAUGES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISTURBANCE; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; RESONANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TSUNAMI; WIND VELOCITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84856948697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007608     Document Type: Article

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