Mesoscale Forecasting during a Field Program: Meteorological Support of the Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 605-620

  Renfrew, Ian A ^a,d   Moore, G W K ^a   Holt, Teddy R ^b   Chang, Simon W ^b   Guest, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000873675     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0605:MFDAFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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