New records of Atlantic hurricanes from Spanish documentary sources

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<title>New records of Atlantic hurricanes from Spanish documentary sources</title>
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<namePart>García-Herrera, Ricardo</namePart>
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<dateIssued encoding="marc">2005</dateIssued>
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<abstract>Spanish historical documents form the Archivo General de Indias (General Archive of the Indies) have been used to identify Caribbean hurricanes and storms from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. These sources provide previously unrecorded information on hurricanes useful to complete preexisting chronologies and cyclone tracks. Our work adds 70 hurricanes not previously identified, which can now be freely accessed through the World Wide Web. The results suggest that the seventeenth century may have been less active than the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, with the most active period occurring between 1766 and 1780. Additionally, the study is the first compilation of information about storms (different from hurricanes) in the Caribean basin</abstract>
<note type="statement of responsibility">Ricardo García-Herrera... [et al.]</note>
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<topic>Océano Atlántico</topic>
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<topic>Datos meteorológicos</topic>
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<topic>Evolución histórica</topic>
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<topic>Caribe</topic>
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<title>Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmosphere</title>
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<publisher>New Jersey</publisher>
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<text>Vol. 110, February 2005 ; [7] p. </text>
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