North Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Prediction: Underlying Science and an Evaluation of Statistical Models

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 226, Issue , 2017, Pages 315-328

  Klotzbach, Philip J ^a   Saunders, Mark A ^b   Bell, Gerald D ^c   Blake, Eric S ^d  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85132029991     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119068020.ch19     Document Type: Article

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