North atlantic tropical cyclones and U.S. flooding

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1381-1388

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Goska, Radoslaw ^a   Smith, James A ^b   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPICS;

DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; INLAND FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FLOODS;

EID: 84910047511     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 15200477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00060.1     Document Type: Article

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