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Synoptic climatology of atlantic coast North‐Easters
Author(s) -
Davis Robert E.,
Demme Gregory,
Dolan Robert
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3370130204
Subject(s) - extratropical cyclone , storm , climatology , anticyclone , storm track , winter storm , oceanography , atlantic hurricane , cape , geology , geography , archaeology
Abstract A classification of extratropical storms in the north‐western Atlantic Ocean is developed based upon the storm's origin, track, and intensification. All storms producing at least 1.6‐m deep‐water waves at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina from 1943 to 1984 are included. Eight distinct storm types are identified, and their seasonality, interannual variation, and relationship to a previously devised storm‐intensity scale are discussed. The most dangerous storms are cyclones which originate either over Florida or north of Cuba from October through to April, travel northward, and are blocked by a stagnating anticyclone over New England or the North Atlantic. Coastal storm frequencies declined from the mid‐1960s through to the mid‐1970s and increased through to 1984, but the frequency of potentially damaging storms has increased since 1965.