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Implementing a physical initialization procedure in a regional spectral model: impact on the short-range rainfall forecasting over South America Cover

Implementing a physical initialization procedure in a regional spectral model: impact on the short-range rainfall forecasting over South America

Tellus
Volume 56 (2004): Issue 2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i2.14401 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 125 - 140
Submitted on: May 28, 2002
Accepted on: Oct 15, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2004 A. M. B. Nunes, S. Cocke, published by Stockholm University Press
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