Exposure of US counties to Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes, 1851-2003

Natural Hazards

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-99

  Zandbergen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Counties; Exposure; GIS; Hurricanes; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749179742     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9250-6     Document Type: Article

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