Application of GOES-8/9 Soundings to Weather Forecasting and Nowcasting

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2059-2077

  Menzel, W Paul ^a   Holt, Frances C ^a   Schmit, Timothy J ^a   Aune, Robert M ^a   Schreiner, Anthony J ^b   Wade, Gary S ^a   Gray, Donald G ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0000504735     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2059:AOGSTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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