Bay of Bengal cyclone extreme water level estimate uncertainty

Natural Hazards

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 983-996

  Lewis, Matt ^a,b,c   Horsburgh, Kevin ^b   Bates, Paul ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Cyclone; Extreme water level; Flood risk; Inundation; Storm surge; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; STORM SURGE; STORM TRACK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84899919371     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1046-2     Document Type: Article

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