Climatological hurricane landfall probability for the United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 704-716

  Brettschneider, Brian ^a,b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK PERCEPTION; STORMS;

ATLANTIC BASINS; ATLANTIC OCEANS; AVERAGE LENGTHS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HURRICANE LANDFALLS; PUERTO RICO; SPATIAL AREAS; SPATIAL DIMENSIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL STORMS; UNITED STATES;

PROBABILITY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; HURRICANE; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649143260     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1711.1     Document Type: Article

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