The intertropical convergence zone modulates intense hurricane strikes on the western North Atlantic margin

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Van Hengstum, Peter J ^a,b   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^c   Fall, Patricia L ^d   Toomey, Michael R ^e   Albury, Nancy A ^f   Kakuk, Brian ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Monuments and Museum Corporation Marsh Harbour   (Bahamas)

^g Bahamas Underground ^*  (Bahamas)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAHAMAS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HURRICANE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION; PUERTO RICO; WARMING;

EID: 84958272320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21728     Document Type: Article

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