Climatic determinants and statistical prediction of tropical cyclone days in the southwest Indian Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1738-1746

  Jury, Mark R ^a   Pathack, Beenay ^b   Parker, Bhawoodien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b Mauritius Meteorological Services   (Mauritius)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND;

CLIMATIC DETERMINANTS; SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN; STATISTICAL PREDICTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; RIVER FLOW;

AFRICA; NILE RIVER;

EID: 0032693281     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1738:CDASPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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