Atlantic hurricane season of 2009

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1049-1069

  Berg, Robert J ^a   Avila, Lixion A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEACH EROSION; DEATH TOLLS; EAST COAST; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GULF COAST; HONDURAS; HURRICANE-INTENSITY FORECAST; INTENSITY FORECASTS; LEAD TIME; ME-XICO; NICARAGUA; RIP CURRENTS; SIMPSON; TRACK ERRORS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS; TROPICAL STORMS; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

COASTAL ZONES; ERRORS; FORECASTING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STORMS; TROPICS;

HURRICANES;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955159340     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3476.1     Document Type: Article

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