Verification and sensitivity experiments for the WISP94 MM5 forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 719-735

  Manning, Kevin W ^a   Davis, Christopher A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000013775     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0719:VASEFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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