The rôle of El Niño in atlantic tropical cyclone activity

Weather

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 324-336

  Jones, Colin G ^a   Thorncroft, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000926979     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb06409.x     Document Type: Article

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