Climatology models for extreme hurricane winds near the United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3220-3236

  Jagger, Thomas H ^a   Elsner, James B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY MODELS; HURRICANE WINDS; PARETO DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746858089     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3913.1     Document Type: Article

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