Classification of cyclone hazard prone districts of India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1601-1620

  Mohapatra, M ^a   Mandal, G S ^b   Bandyopadhyay, B K ^a   Tyagi, Ajit ^a   Mohanty, U C ^c  

^a INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^b National Disaster Management Authority   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclone; District; Hazard; India

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; VULNERABILITY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84864394997     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9891-8     Document Type: Article

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