Factors affecting the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season and the role of the Indian Ocean Dipole

K. Wood was supported by the Office of Research and Economic Development and the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University. P. Klotzbach acknowledges a grant from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation. C. Schreck was supported by NOAA through the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies under Cooperative Agreement NA19NES4320002. The authors thank Dr. Chris Landsea and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful feedback, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.