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An experimental coupled forecast system at the National Meteorological Center - Some early results Cover

An experimental coupled forecast system at the National Meteorological Center - Some early results

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Volume 46 (1994): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v46i4.15488 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 398 - 418
Submitted on: Aug 6, 1993
Accepted on: Apr 25, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1994 Ming Ji, Arun Kumar, Ants Leetmaa, published by Stockholm University Press
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