Tropical cyclone statistics in the Northeastern Pacific

Atmosfera

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-213

  Romero Vadillo, E ^a   Zaytsev, O ^b   Morales Perez R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hurricane track statistics; Northeastern Pacific; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; EL NINO; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 34249072783     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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