When the Caribbean Sea changed its behaviour: 46 years of extreme waves and what they reveal about coastal risk
In the western Caribbean, the peak month of hurricane activity is also one of the months with the lowest mean wave height. A 46-year analysis reveals why, and what it means for coastal risk.
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One thing I have been thinking about since publishing this: the regime shift I detected in the northwestern Caribbean is spatially coherent but regionally confined. Does anyone working on other Caribbean or Gulf subregions see the same break, or is it specific to the area of maximum cyclone intensification?