Heightened hurricane surge risk in northwest Florida revealed from climatological-hydrodynamic modeling and paleorecord reconstruction

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 8606-8623

  Lin, Ning ^a   Lane, Philip ^b,c   Emanuel, Kerry A ^c   Sullivan, Richard M ^b   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; HURRICANE; PALEOCLIMATE; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918499922     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021584     Document Type: Article

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