The association between intraseasonal oscillations and tropical storms in the Atlantic basin

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4097-4107

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034463704     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)129<4097:TABIOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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