Objective detection of tropical cyclones in high-resolution analyses

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1767-1779

  Walsh, Kevin ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0000185261     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1767:ODOTCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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