The non-stationary correlation between sahel precipitation indices and atlantic hurricane activity

87th AMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fink, Andreas H ^a   Schrage, Jon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949305425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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