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Recent developments in statistical prediction of seasonal Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity

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Volume 59 (2007): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00239.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 511 - 518
Submitted on: Jul 17, 2006
Accepted on: Feb 17, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 Philip J. Klotzbach, published by Stockholm University Press
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