Educational affairs: Are We Graduating Too Many Atmospheric Scientists?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1255-1267

  Mass, Clifford F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0008931863     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1255:EA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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