Statistical aspects of major (intense) hurricanes in the Atlantic basin during the past 49 hurricane seasons (1950-1998): Implications for the current season

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2957-2960

  Wilson, Robert M ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL; WIND;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; ATLANTIC BASIN; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; HURRICANE SEASON; POISSON STATISTIC; SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WIND SPEED;

EID: 0033208569     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL004904     Document Type: Article

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