Surveying rip current survivors: preliminary insights into the experiences of being caught in rip currents
This paper begins a process of addressing a significant gap in knowledge about people's responses to being caught in rip currents. While rip currents are the primary hazard facing recreational ocean swimmers in Australia, debate exists about the best advice to give swimmers caught in rip curren...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-04-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1201/2012/nhess-12-1201-2012.pdf |