Wavelets and field forecast verification

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1329-1373

  Briggs, William M ^a   Levine, Richard A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000881285     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1329:waffv>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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