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On the improvement of precipitation forecast skill from physical initialization Cover

On the improvement of precipitation forecast skill from physical initialization

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|Jan 1994

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Language: English
Page range: 598 - 614
Submitted on: Jul 19, 1993
Accepted on: Jan 7, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1994 T. N. Krishnamurti, G. D. Rohaly, H. S. Bedi, published by Stockholm University Press
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