Extreme value analysis of tropical cyclone trapped-fetch waves

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1501-1522

  MacAfee, Allan W ^a   Wong, Samuel W K ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; TRAPPED-FETCH WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

STORMS;

DATA SET; FETCH; OCEAN WAVE; TRAPPED WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 36549041005     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2555.1     Document Type: Article

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