Research opportunities from emerging atmospheric observing and modeling capabilities

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-323

  Dabberdt, Walter F ^a   Schlatter, Thomas W ^b   Davis, Christopher A ^a   Fleming, Rex J ^b   Hodur, Richard M ^c   Holland, Greg J ^d   Koch, Steven E ^e   Lord, Stephen J ^b   Neff, William D ^b   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^f   Pietrafesa, Leonard J ^e   Raymond, David ^g   Smith, Ronald B ^h   Zrnić, Dusan S ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBSERVATION SYSTEM; PROSPECTUS DEVELOPMENT TEAM; RESEARCH PROGRAMME POLICY; SAMPLING STRATEGY; WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM;

EID: 0029756806     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0305:ROFEAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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