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The use of a calculus-based cyclone identification method for generating storm statistics Cover

The use of a calculus-based cyclone identification method for generating storm statistics

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Volume 58 (2006): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00191.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 473 - 486
Submitted on: Dec 8, 2005
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2006 R. E. Benestad, D. Chen, published by Stockholm University Press
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