Prediction of seasonal Atlantic basin accumulated cyclone energy from 1 July

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-121

  Klotzbach, Philip J ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Hurricanes typhoons; Interannual variability; Seasonal forecasting; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894089363     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-13-00073.1     Document Type: Article

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