An analysis of coastal and inland fatalities in landfalling US hurricanes

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1513-1531

  Czajkowski, Jeffrey ^a,b   Simmons, Kevin ^a   Sutter, Daniel ^c  

^a AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Freshwater drowning; Hurricanes; Rainfall; Wind field

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DATABASE; GIS; HURRICANE; RAINFALL; STORM SURGE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80255131354     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9849-x     Document Type: Article

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