Tropical cyclone structure and dynamics

Global Perspectives On Tropical Cyclones: From Science To Mitigation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-53

  Kepert, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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