Introduction and Application of a New Comprehensive Assessment Index for Damage Caused by Tropical Cyclones
ABSTRACT: Using principal component analysis, a new comprehensive assessment index for damage caused by tropical cyclones in mainland china is developed based on data from 1984 to 2008. It is a weighted average of four kinds of damage data: including the deaths and missing, affected crop area, destr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2013-09-01
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Series: | Tropical Cyclone Research and Review |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S222560321830081X |