The NCEP global analysis system: Recent improvements and future plans

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 1 B, 1997, Pages 359-365

  Parrish, David F ^a   Derber, John C ^a   Purser, R James ^a   Wu, Wan Shu ^a   Pu, Zhao Xia ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000411587     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.1B_359     Document Type: Article

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