Comparison of NCEP-NCAR reanalysis with 1987 FIFE data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1480-1498

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Hong, Song You ^b   Pan, Hua Lu ^b  

^a NCEP Environmental Modeling Center ^*  (United States)

^b Environmental Modeling Center   (United States)

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EID: 0000847633     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1480:CONNRW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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