Comparison of hurricane return levels using historical and geological records

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Elsner, James B ^a   Jagger, Thomas H ^a   Liu, Kam Biu ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXPECTED RETURNS; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATIONS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; IF DATUMS; LOWER BOUNDS; RETURN PERIODS; SEDIMENT CORES; STATISTICAL MODELS;

CONTROL THEORY;

HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETURN PERIOD; SEDIMENT CORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALABAMA; LAKE SHELBY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649158774     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1692.1     Document Type: Article

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