Forecast issues in the urban zone: Report of the 10th prospectus development team of the U.S. weather research program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2047-2064

  Dabberdt, Walter F ^a   Hales, Jeremy ^b   Zubrick, Steven ^c   Crook, Andrew ^a   Krajewski, Witold ^d   Doran, J Christopher ^e   Mueller, Cynthia ^a   King, Clark ^c   Keener, Ronald N ^f   Bornstein, Robert ^g   Rodenhuis, David ^h   Kocin, Paul ⁱ   Rossetti, Michael A ^j   Sharrocks, Fred ^k   Stanley Sr , Ellis M ^l  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Envair   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DUKE ENERGY   (United States)

^g SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Natl Weather Service   (United States)

ⁱ Weather Channel   (United States)

^j U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^k Federal Emergency Management Agency   (United States)

^l City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0000317349     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2047:FIITUZ>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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