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Significance of changes in medium-range forecast scores

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Language: English
Page range: 30229 - 30229
Submitted on: Oct 30, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 16, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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