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From short-range barotropic modelling to extended-range global weather prediction: a 40-year perspective Cover

From short-range barotropic modelling to extended-range global weather prediction: a 40-year perspective

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|Jan 1999

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Language: English
Page range: 13 - 32
Submitted on: Oct 13, 1998
Accepted on: Oct 30, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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