The current cyclone early warning system in Bangladesh: Providers' and receivers' views

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-299

  Roy, Chandan ^a   Sarkar, Saroje Kumar ^b   Åberg, Johan ^a   Kovordanyi, Rita ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Accurate tropical cyclone forecasting; Informative warning message; Meteorologists' perspective; Principal component analysis; Residents' perspective; Warning message interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928948543     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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