Trends in tropical cyclones in the South Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kuleshov, Y ^a   Fawcett, R ^a   Qi, L ^a   Trewin, B ^a   Jones, D ^a   McBride, J ^a   Ramsay, H ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STORMS; TROPICS;

BEST FIT; BREAKPOINT; DATA QUALITY; LINEAR MODEL; NON-PARAMETRIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL SYSTEMS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA QUALITY; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 76249125044     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012372     Document Type: Article

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