The U.S. Air ForceWeather Agency’s mesoscale ensemble: scientific description and performance results
By: J. P. Hacker, S.-Y. Ha, C. Snyder, J. Berner, F. A. Eckel, E. Kuchera, M. Pocernich, S. Rugg, J. Schramm and X. Wang
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00497.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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