Characteristics of tropical cyclone activity over the eastern North Pacific: the extremely active 1992 and the inactive 1977

Peng Wu; Pao-Shin Chu

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00248.x

Characteristics of tropical cyclone activity over the eastern North Pacific: the extremely active 1992 and the inactive 1977

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Volume 59 (2007): Issue 4

By: Peng Wu and Pao-Shin Chu

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