Severe marine storms in the Northern Adriatic: Characteristics and trends

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 40-41, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-105

  Lionello, P ^a,d   Cavaleri, L ^b   Nissen, K M ^c   Pino, C ^a   Raicich, F ^b   Ulbrich, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Northern Adriatic; Storm surges; Storminess; Trends; Wave storms

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL CYCLE; CYCLOGENESIS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; NORTHERN ITALY; STORM SURGES; STORMINESS; TRENDS; WIND REGIME; WIND WAVE;

FLOODS;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CYCLONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STORM; STORM SURGE; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WIND WAVE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84858865012     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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