Seasonal forecasting of tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 997-1004

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Shi, Jiu En ^a,b   Lam, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Beijing Meteorological College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

STORMS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0032419396     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0997:SFOTCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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