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Descriptor English: Tidal Waves
Descriptor Spanish: Olas de Marea
Descriptor olas de marea
Entry term(s) marea de tempestad
marea de tormenta
mareas de tempestad
mareas de tormenta
ola
ola oceánica
olas de tormenta
ondas de marea
seiche
Scope note: Olas causadas por las interacciones gravitacionales entre la TIERRA, la LUNA y el SOL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ondas de Maré
Descriptor French: Raz-de-marée
Entry term(s): Earth Tides
Ocean Tides
Ocean Wave
Seiche
Storm Surge
Storm Surges
Storm Tide
Storm Waves
Surge
Tidal Wave
Tidalwave
Tidalwaves
Tides, Earth
Tides, Ocean
Wave
Wave, Tidal
Waves, Tidal
Tree number(s): G01.311.910
G16.500.175.875
N06.230.100.230.800
N06.230.132.644.750.500
SP8.190.450.630
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055871
Scope note: Water waves caused by the gravitational interactions between the EARTH; MOON; and SUN.
Annotation: coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent; specify geographic location
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
HI history
MO mortality
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53353
Unique ID: D055871
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Tidal Waves - Preferred
Concept UI M0521741
Scope note Water waves caused by the gravitational interactions between the EARTH; MOON; and SUN.
Preferred term Tidal Waves
Entry term(s) Earth Tides
Ocean Tides
Ocean Wave
Storm Surge
Storm Surges
Storm Tide
Storm Waves
Tidal Wave
Tidalwave
Tidalwaves
Tides, Earth
Tides, Ocean
Wave, Tidal
Waves, Tidal
Seiche - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060640
Scope note A free or standing wave oscillation of the surface of water in an enclosed basin that is initiated by local atmospheric changes, tidal currents or earthquakes (From: OFDA - Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance) (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term Seiche
Wave - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060768
Scope note Agitation of the surface of the sea caused by local winds. The numerical code representing the state of the sea is the Douglas scale (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990); Popular expression describing solitary high wave(s) (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Wave
Entry term(s) Surge



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