Implications of summertime sea level pressure anomalies in the tropical Atlantic region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 789-804

  Knaff, John A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALIES; CYCLONE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUMMER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030829057     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0789:IOSSLP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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