Measurements, Models, and Hypotheses in the Atmospheric Sciences

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-406

  Randall, David A ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^b  

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

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; HYPOTHESIS;

EID: 0031285302     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0399:MMOHIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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