NCAR-NOAA Lower-Tropospheric Water Vapor Workshop

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2339-2357

  Weckwerth, Tammy M ^a   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a,b   Wakimoto, Roger M ^c   Hardesty, R Michael ^a,b   Wilson, James W ^a   Banta, Robert M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000827472     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<2339:NNLTWV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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