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Exposure Outliers: Children, Mothers, and Cumulative Disaster Exposure in Louisiana [PDF]
, 2019 Only a limited number of studies have explored the effects of cumulative disaster exposure—defined here as multiple, acute onset, large-scale collective events that cause disruption for individuals, families, and entire communities.
Mohammad, Lubna, Peek, Lori
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Catastrophic storms, forest disturbance, and the natural history of Swainson's warbler
Ecology and EvolutionThe core breeding range of Swainson's warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) overlaps a zone of exceptionally high tornado frequency in southeastern North America.
Gary R. Graves
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A Review of ENSO Influence on the North Atlantic. A Non-Stationary Signal
Atmosphere, 2016 The atmospheric seasonal cycle of the North Atlantic region is dominated by meridional movements of the circulation systems: from the tropics, where the West African Monsoon and extreme tropical weather events take place, to the extratropics, where the ...
Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca +8 more
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How Hurricanes Affect Employment and Wages in Local Labor Markets [PDF]
This paper adopts a generalized-difference-in-difference (GDD) technique outlined in Ariel R. Belasen and Solomon W. Polachek (IZA Discussion Paper #2976) to examine the impact of hurricanes on the labor market.
Belasen, Ariel R., Polachek, Solomon
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The Pythagorean Won-Loss Formula and Hockey: A Statistical Justification for Using the Classic Baseball Formula as an Evaluative Tool in Hockey [PDF]
, 2013 Originally devised for baseball, the Pythagorean Won-Loss formula estimates the percentage of games a team should have won at a particular point in a season. For decades, this formula had no mathematical justification.
Dayaratna, Kevin D., Miller, Steven J.
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2011 Thalassia testudinum es la macrófita dominante en Bahía de la Ascensión (Quintana Roo, México), se estudió para conocer su distribución espacio- temporal y determinar si fue afectada por el paso de huracanes que se han visto incrementados en fuerza y ...
Leonardo U Arellano-Méndez +3 more
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Frontiers in Built EnvironmentPost-disaster field observations of the built environment are critical for advancing fundamental research that links hazard data to structural performance, cascading community impacts, and the development of effective mitigation strategies.
Mohammad S. Alam +5 more
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Measurement of hurricane winds and waves with a synthetic aperture radar [PDF]
An analysis of data collected in a hurricane research program is presented. The data were collected with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) during five aircraft flights in the Atlantic in August and September, 1976. Work was conducted in two areas.
King, D. B., Shemdin, O. H.
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2013 Champotón River is an unknown area within the Mesoamerican hotspot in Southestern México. Reproductive traits and population structure of Astyanax aeneus were analyzed along an environmental gradient of the upper, middle and lower sections of the river ...
Patricia Trujillo-Jiménez +3 more
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The Providence hurricane barrier: an assessment [PDF]
, 2006 Providence, Rhode Island’s Fox Point Hurricane Gates are a valuable protection against storm surges and the city’s first line of defense. Built in response to the 1938 and 1954 Hurricane disasters, when Providence experienced flooding of up to eight ...
Chalchinsky, Josh
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