Destructive tsunami-like wave generated by surf beat over a coral reef during Typhoon Haiyan

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Roeber, Volker ^a   Bricker, Jeremy D ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; POLICY REFORM; STORM SURGE; SURFACE WIND; TSUNAMI; TYPHOON HAIYAN 2013; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DESTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FLOODING; FLOW RATE; GRAVITY; HURRICANE; INFRAGRAVITY WAVE; OSCILLATION; PHILIPPINES; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STORM SURGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI;

PHILIPPINES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84938765496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8854     Document Type: Article

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