Quantifying the Shapes of U.S. Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Rain ShieldsFootnote*

*Partial funding for this research was provided by a fellowship from the Society of Women Geographers. Assistance in securing the radar data by Rebecca Yothers and the Pennsylvania State University Department of Meteorology was greatly appreciated, as was the georeferencing script provided by Scott Shipley, and the support given by Andy Sherwood. Thanks are also extended to Tim Fik for his assistance in revising an early draft of this article, and to four anonymous reviewers. Finally, I thank my advisor, Andrew Carleton, and committee members Brent Yarnal, Jenni Evans, and Donna Peuquet for their time and insights into this work.

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