Fluctuations in North Atlantic hurricane frequency

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-437

  Elsner, J B ^a   Kara, A B ^a   Owens, M A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD;

HURRICANES;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HURRICANE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033079628     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0427:FINAHF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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