Msultiannual forecasts of Atlantic U.S. tropical cyclone wind damage potential

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2417-2425

  Caron, Louis Philippe ^a   Hermanson, Leon ^b   Doblas Reyes, Francisco J ^a,c  

^a Catalan Institute of Climate Science   (Spain)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic variability; climate forecasting; decadal predictions; hurricanes; sub polar gyre; tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND POWER;

ATLANTIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATE FORECASTING; DECADAL PREDICTIONS; SUB POLAR GYRE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; HURRICANE; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928703117     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063303     Document Type: Article

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