La Niña, El Niño, and Atlantic Hurricane Damages in the United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2027-2033

  Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a   Landsea, Christopher N ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001660760     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<2027:LNAENO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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