A new hurricane index for the Caribbean

Interciencia

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 556-560

  Bye, John ^a   Keay, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caribbean sea; Climate change; Hurricane prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849425796     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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