Major coastal flooding in southeastern Australia 1860-2012, associated deaths and weather systems

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-213

  Callaghan, Jeff ^b   Power, Scott B ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; EDEN; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84939157572     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6403.002     Document Type: Review

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