Risk assessment of hurricane winds for Eglin air force base in northwestern Florida, USA

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-296

  Scheitlin, Kelsey N ^a   Elsner, James B ^a   Lewers, Shawn W ^a   Malmstadt, Jill C ^a   Jagger, Thomas H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; GUST; HURRICANE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SANTA ROSA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052722447     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0386-4     Document Type: Article

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