Characteristics of landfalling tropical cyclones in the United States and Mexico: Climatology and interannual variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1247-1262

  Larson, Joshua ^a   Zhou, Yaping ^b   Higgins, R Wayne ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS (AO); ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPS; LANDFALLING TROPICAL CYCLONES;

STORMS;

TROPICAL CYCLONE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19144366892     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3317.1     Document Type: Article

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