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The statistical structure of short-range forecast errors as determined from radiosonde data. Part I: The wind field Cover

The statistical structure of short-range forecast errors as determined from radiosonde data. Part I: The wind field

Tellus
Volume 38 (1986): Issue 2
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|Jan 1986
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v38i2.11707 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 111 - 136
Submitted on: May 14, 1985
Accepted on: Sep 13, 1985
Published on: Jan 1, 1986
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1986 A. Hollingsworth, P. Lönnberg, published by Stockholm University Press
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