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Article: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Return Periods of Tropical Storm and Hurricane Strikes from Texas to Maine
- Article from:
- Journal of Climate
- Article date:
- July 15, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright American Meteorological Society Jul 15, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
The authors analyze 105 yr (1901-2005) of tropical cyclone strikes at 45 coastal locations from Brownsville, Texas, to Eastport, Maine, with the primary objective of examining spatiotemporal patterns of storm activity. Interpretation of the data suggests that geographically, three focal points for activity are evident: south Florida, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the north-central Gulf Coast. Temporally, clusters of hyperactivity are evident in south Florida from the 1920s through the 1950s and then again during the most recent years. North Carolina was a region of enhanced activity in the 1950s and again in the 1990s. A more consistent rate of occurrence was found along ...