The coincidence of daily rainfall events in Liberia, Costa Rica and tropical cyclones in the Caribbean basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1665-1674

  Waylen, Peter R ^a   Harrison, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane indirect effects; Pacific slope Costa Rica; Precipitation climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

HURRICANE INDIRECT EFFECTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); LIBERIA, COSTA RICA; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL DEPRESSION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CORRELATION; RAINFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIBERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144431964     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1241     Document Type: Article

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