Examination of Hurricane Sandy’s (2012) structure and intensity evolution from full-field and anomaly-field analyses
By: Wei-Hong Qian, Jing Huang and Jun Du
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.29029 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 29029 - 29029
Submitted on: Jul 2, 2015
Accepted on: Jul 13, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2016 Wei-Hong Qian, Jing Huang, Jun Du, published by Stockholm University Press
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