Budget cutting and the value of weather services

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 206-212

  Doswell III, Charles A ^a   Brooks, Harold E ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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WEATHER FORECAST; WEATHER SERVICE;

EID: 0031903125     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0206:BCATVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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