Climatology of tropical cyclone rainfall in the southeastern United States

Physical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-147

  Knight, David B ^a   Davis, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic water balance; Hurricane climatology; Soil moisture deficit; Tropical cyclone rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER BUDGET;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849059718     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.28.2.126     Document Type: Article

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