A New Approach to an Accurate Wind Chill Factor

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1893-1899

  Bluestein, Maurice ^a   Zecher, Jack ^a  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

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EID: 0001367630     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1893:ANATAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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