Meteorological society nowcasting for space shuttle landings at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2295-2305

  Bauman III, William H ^a,c   Businger, Steven ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Scott AFB   (United States)

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EID: 0001709403     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2295:NFSSLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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