Tropical cyclone occurrences in the vicinity of Hawaii: Are the differences between El Niño and non-El Niño years significant?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2683-2689

  Chu, Pao Shin ^a   Wang, Jianxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; EL NINO; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0031410262     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2683:TCOITV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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