Comments on "Multiyear predictions of North Atlantic hurricane frequency: Promise and limitations"

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 487-489

  Smith, Doug M ^a   Dunstone, Nick J ^a   Eade, Rosie ^a   Fereday, David ^a   Hermanson, Leon ^a   Murphy, James M ^a   Pohlmann, Holger ^b   Robinson, Niall ^a   Scaife, Adam A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Hurricanes typhoons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892460804     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00220.1     Document Type: Letter

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