Tropical cyclones: Climatology and impacts in the South Pacific

Tropical Cyclones: Climatology and Impacts in the South Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-210

  Terry, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71543-8     Document Type: Book

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