Twentieth-century storm activity along the U.S. East Coast

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1748-1761

  Zhang, Keqi ^a,b   Douglas, Bruce C ^a   Leatherman, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; GLOBAL WARMING; TROPICS;

EXTRATROPICAL STORMS;

STORMS;

COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STORM; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 0033939148     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1748:TCSAAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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