Objective determination of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.24474 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 24474 - 24474
Submitted on: Mar 27, 2014
Accepted on: Apr 1, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
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