ENSO's impact on regional U.S. hurricane activity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1404-1414

  Smith, Shawn R ^a   Brolley, Justin ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a   Tartaglione, Carissa A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANE EFFECTS; STATISTICS;

COLD-PHASE LANDFALL FREQUENCIES; EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); HURRICANE ACTIVITY; LANDFALL FREQUENCIES; NEUTRAL-PHASE LANDFALL FREQUENCIES;

HURRICANES;

CYCLOGENESIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HURRICANE;

EID: 34247537424     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4063.1     Document Type: Article

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