Cloud Tracking with Satellite Imagery: From the Pioneering Work of Ted Fujita to the Present

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-47

  Menzel, W Paul ^a  

^a NOAA/NESDIS/ORA   (United States)

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EID: 0002346414     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0033:CTWSIF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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