May 2003 disaster in Sri Lanka and cyclone 01-B in the bay of Bengal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-318

  Zubair, Lareef ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Climatic diagnostics; Cyclone; Disaster warning; Flooding; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RAINFALL;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9144233662     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000048462.21938.d6     Document Type: Article

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