Forecast sensitivity with dropwindsonde data and targeted observations
By: Zhao-Xia Pu, Stephen J. Lord and Eugenia Kalnay
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v50i4.14536 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 391 - 410
Submitted on: Oct 10, 1997
Accepted on: Apr 7, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1998 Zhao-Xia Pu, Stephen J. Lord, Eugenia Kalnay, published by Stockholm University Press
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