Linked to Changes in Atlantic Sea-surface Temperatures

This chapter presents a few hurricane facts (hurricane terminology and categories, lists of 2005 storms, brief descriptions of Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma along with maps of their paths) and discusses a link between U.S. hurricane landfalls and the persistent above-average surface te...

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Main Authors: Z. Poore, Terry Quinn, Julie Richey, Jackie L. Smith
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.575.1900
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch2_a.pdf
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Summary:This chapter presents a few hurricane facts (hurricane terminology and categories, lists of 2005 storms, brief descriptions of Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma along with maps of their paths) and discusses a link between U.S. hurricane landfalls and the persistent above-average surface temperature of the North Atlantic