Five year prediction of the number of hurricanes that make United States landfall

Hurricanes and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-99

  Jewson, Stephen ^a   Bellone, Enrica ^a   Laepple, Thomas ^a   Nzerem, Kechi ^a   Khare, Shree ^a   Lonfat, Manuel ^a   O'Shay, Adam ^a   Penzer, Jeremy ^a   Coughlin, Katie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; BROAD SPECTRUM; EXPERT ELICITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84900676121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09410-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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