Nowcasting Thunderstorms: A Status Report

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2079-2099

  Wilson, James W ^a   Crook, N Andrew ^a   Mueller, Cynthia K ^a   Sun, Juanzhen ^a   Dixon, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000967995     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2079:NTASR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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