An ensemble forecasting primer

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 809-818

  Sivillo, Joel K ^a   Ahlquist, Jon E ^a   Toth, Zoltan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000372195     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0809:AEFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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