Historical variation and trends in storminess along the Portuguese South Coast

This work investigates historical variation and trends in storm climate for the South Portugal region, using data from wave buoy measurements and from modelling, for the period 1952 to 2009. Several storm parameters (annual number of storms; annual number of days with storms; annual maximum and mean...

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Main Authors: L. P. Almeida, Ó. Ferreira, M. I. Vousdoukas, G. Dodet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-09-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/2407/2011/nhess-11-2407-2011.pdf