Return period estimates of extreme sea level along the east coast of India from numerical simulations

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1007-1028

  Sindhu, B ^a,b   Unnikrishnan, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b National Institute of Oceanography ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Extreme events; Numerical simulation; Return periods; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDAL RANGE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SAGAR ISLAND; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84858799370     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9948-8     Document Type: Article

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