Forecasts of hydrological parameters over the mackenzie river basin: Sensitivity to initial conditions, horizontal resolution and forecast range

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-710

  Ek, Nils ^a   Ritchie, Harold ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030367106     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1996.9649582     Document Type: Article

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