Annual volume and area variations in tropical cyclone rainfall over the eastern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4363-4374

  Nogueira, Ricardo C ^a   Keim, Barry D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANNUAL VOLUMES; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; LAND AREAS; RAINFALL DEPTHS; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; STRONG CORRELATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL RAIN; TROPICAL STORMS; WATER VOLUMES;

HURRICANES; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME SERIES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HURRICANE EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958111038     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3443.1     Document Type: Article

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