Atmospheric circulation and inland flooding in twentieth century North Carolina, USA: Implications for climate change impacts?

Natural Hazards

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-172

  Robinson, Peter J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hurricanes; Inland floods; North Carolina; Precipitation; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; SEVERE WEATHER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038345072     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023635025008     Document Type: Article

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