Fatalities in the united states from atlantic tropical cyclones: New data and interpretation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 341-346

  Rappaport, Edward N ^a  

^a NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CRITICAL COMPONENT; KATRINA; LOUISIANA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84900315921     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00074.1     Document Type: Article

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