A quantitative expression for the magnitude and intensity of disaster of storm surges

We here discuss the concept of the magnitude and the intensity of disaster of a storm surge and propose a method of calculation based on the principle of the wind scale and the earthquake magnitude. The magnitude of a storm surge is the quantitative index that describes the scale of the storm surge,...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2008-04, Vol.45 (1), p.11-18
Main Authors: Feng, L. H., Hong, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
Disasters
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Earthquakes
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Environmental Management
Exact sciences and technology
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hydrogeology
Natural Hazards
Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc
Original Paper
Seismic activity
Storm surges
Storms
Studies
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Summary:We here discuss the concept of the magnitude and the intensity of disaster of a storm surge and propose a method of calculation based on the principle of the wind scale and the earthquake magnitude. The magnitude of a storm surge is the quantitative index that describes the scale of the storm surge, and the intensity of disaster of a storm surge is the quantitative index that describes the losses caused by the storm surge.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-007-9149-7