Short-range ensemble forecasting of quantitative precipitation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2427-2459

  Du, Jun ^a   Mullen, Steven L ^a   Sanders, Frederick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001193751     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2427:SREFOQ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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