Present-Day Capabilities of Numerical and Statistical Models for Atmospheric Extratropical Seasonal Simulation and Prediction

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1349-1361

  Anderson, Jeffrey ^a,c   Van Den Dool, Huug ^b   Barnston, Anthony ^b   Chen, Wilbur ^b   Stern, William ^a   Ploshay, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001184024     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1349:PDCONA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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