A reanalysis of the 1931-43 Atlantic hurricane database

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6093-6118

  Landsea, Christopher W ^a   Hagen, Andrew ^b   Bredemeyer, William ^b   Carrasco, Cristina ^b   Glenn, David A ^c   Santiago, Adrian ^b   Strahan Sakoskie, Donna ^d   Dickinson, Michael ^e  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA/NWS/WFO Morehead City   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e WeatherPredict Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; ENVIRONMENTAL FORECASTING; HURRICANE DATABASE; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PREDICTION-BASED; REANALYSIS PROJECT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD MODELING;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; HURRICANE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905925262     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00503.1     Document Type: Article

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