Tropical cyclone trends in the Australian region

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Hassim, Muhammad E E ^a   Walsh, Kevin J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian; Intensity; Trends; Tropical cyclones; Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749099074     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001804     Document Type: Article

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