Migration of the tropical cyclone zone throughout the Holocene

Hurricanes and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 169-187

  McCloskey, Terrence A ^a   Knowles, Jason T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HURRICANE LANDFALL; INTENSITY CHANGE; INTENSITY OSCILLATIONS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84900632565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09410-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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