Geographical distribution of weather catastrophes in the United States

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-39

  Changnon, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM DAMAGE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950106920     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.1.29     Document Type: Article

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