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The birth of numerical weather prediction

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Language: English
Page range: 36 - 52
Submitted on: Jun 15, 1990
Accepted on: Oct 2, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1991 A. Wiin-Nielsen, published by Stockholm University Press
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