A Possible Connection between the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in the Southern United States and the 1877-78 El Niño Episode

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Diaz, Henry F ^a   McCabe, Gregory J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0042228702     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0021:APCBTY>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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