Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting: Report of the Eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-299

  Fritsch, J M ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^b   Adler, R ^c   Bluestein, H ^d   Bosart, L ^e   Brown, J ^f   Carr, F ^d   Davis, C ^g   Johnson, R H ^h   Junker, N ⁱ   Kuo, Y H ^g   Rutledge, S ^h   Smith, J ^j   Toth, Z ⁱ   Wilson, J W ^g   Zipser, E ^k   Zrnic, D ^l  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

ⁱ CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^j Princeton University   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^l NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001401572     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0285:QPFROT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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