A technique for estimating recurrence intervals of tropical cyclone-related high winds in the tropics: Results for Guam

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 627-637

  Rupp, John A ^a,c   Lander, Mark A ^b  

^a Joint Typhoon Warning Center   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICS; TYPHOON; WIND;

GUAM;

EID: 0030474610     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0627:ATFERI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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