Surface wind fields of 1995 hurricanes Erin, Opal, Luis, Marilyn, and Roxanne at landfall

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1259-1273

  Powell, Mark D ^a   Houston, Samuel H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; HURRICANE; WIND FIELD;

HURRICANE; HURRICANE ERIN; HURRICANE LUIS; HURRICANE MARILYN; HURRICANE OPAL; HURRICANE ROXANNE; LANDFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031671657     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1259:SWFOHE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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