ECPC's weekly to seasonal global forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 639-658

  Roads, John O ^a   Chen, Shyh Chin ^a   Fujioka, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0000570244     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0639:EWTSGF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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