North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensities and macro-scale temperature variations

Pennsylvania Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 142-178

  Vega, Anthony J ^a   Matyas, Corene J ^b,c  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 12344298447     PISSN: 05535980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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