Origin, distribution, and timing of Texas hurricanes: 1851-2006

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 136-144

  Islam, Tanveerul ^a   Merrell, William ^b   Seitz, William ^b   Harriss, Robert ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Coastal environment; Decision making; Emergency services; Evacuation; History; Hurricanes; Texas

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY PLANNERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EVACUATION; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TEXAS; TEXAS COAST;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTER PREVENTION; HURRICANES; PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; HURRICANE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350043901     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:4(136)     Document Type: Article

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