Evidence for intensification of North Pacific winter cyclones since 1948

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1869-1893

  Graham, Nicholas E ^a,b,d   Diaz, Henry F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HRC   (United States)

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EID: 0000753156     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<1869:EFIONP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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