Tropical cyclones and drought amelioration in the gulf and southeastern coastal United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8440-8452

  Maxwell, Justin T ^a   Ortegren, Jason T ^b   Knapp, Paul A ^c   Soulé, Peter T ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Hurricanes; Hurricanes typhoons; Hydrometeorology; Interdecadal variability; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH CAROLINA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886266169     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00824.1     Document Type: Article

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