The relationship between the Southern Oscillation Index and tropical cyclone tracks in the eastern North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2251-2254

  Irwin III, Rossman P ^a   Davis, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL; TROPICS;

DOWNGRADATION; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EL NINO; POINTS OF ORIGIN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACKS;

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES;

CYCLONE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; HURRICANE SEASON; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; STORM GROUPS; STORM TRACK; TRACK LENGTHS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS;

EID: 0033458004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900533     Document Type: Article

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