Systematic tendency error in budget calculations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1145-1160

  Kanamitsu, Masao ^a,b   Saha, Suranjana ^a  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b NCEP   (United States)

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EID: 0000336379     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1145:STEIBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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