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Hurricane forecasts using a suite of large-scale models

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Language: English
Page range: 727 - 745
Submitted on: Jun 12, 2010
Accepted on: Jan 24, 2011
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 T. N. Krishnamurti, Mrinal K. Biswas, Brian P. MacKey, Robert G. Ellingson, Paul H. Ruscher, published by Stockholm University Press
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