Why the United States is becoming more vulnerable to natural disasters

G. van der Vink, R. M. Allen, J. Chapin, M. Crooks, W. Fraley, J. Krantz, A. M. Lavigne, A. LeCuyer, E. K. MacColl, W. J. Morgan, B. Ries, E. Robinson, K. Rodriquez, M. Smith, K. Sponberg.

Dept. Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA.
EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol 79, p533-537
November 3, 1998


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Fig.2. Atlantic named and subtropical storms plotted against the El Nino Southern Oscillation as shown by the average May-June Sea Surface Temperature anomaly. Data from Bermuda Biological Station for Research[1997]; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html); and NOAA Climate Prediction Center (http:nic.fb4.noaa.gov:80/data/).


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