A climatology of inland winds from tropical cyclones for the eastern United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1538-1547

  Kruk, Michael C ^a   Gibney, Ethan J ^b   Levinson, David H ^c   Squires, Michael ^c  

^a STG Inc   (United States)

^b IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH WINDS; SEVERE WEATHER; TRACK DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; TROPICS; WIND;

STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; STORM DAMAGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957731769     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2389.1     Document Type: Article

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