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The relative vorticity of ocean surface winds from the QuikSCAT satellite and its effects on the geneses of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea Cover

The relative vorticity of ocean surface winds from the QuikSCAT satellite and its effects on the geneses of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea

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Volume 59 (2007): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00249.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 562 - 569
Submitted on: Dec 5, 2006
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 Lei Wang, Kai-Hon Lau, Chi-Hung Fung, Jian-Ping Gan, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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