The local analysis and prediction system (LAPS): Analyses of clouds, precipitation, and temperature

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Albers, Steven C ^a,b   McGinley, John A ^a   Birkenheuer, Daniel L ^a,b   Smart, John R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; GOES; LAPS; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECAST;

EID: 0030440247     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0273:TLAAPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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