The effect of extratropical cyclone weather conditions on fishing vessel incidents' severity level in Atlantic Canada

Safety Science

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-40

  Rezaee, Sara ^a   Pelot, Ronald ^a   Finnis, Joel ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclone weather conditions; Fishing vessel incidents; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FISH; FISHERIES; HARVESTERS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DANGEROUS SITUATIONS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NON-FATAL INJURIES; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS;

FISHING VESSELS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISHERY; FISHING; FISHING VESSEL; HURRICANE; ICE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIP; WIND SPEED;

EID: 84954289329     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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