Granger causality and Atlantic hurricanes

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59 A, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 476-485

  Elsner, James B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34547451729     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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