Maturity of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction: Medium Range

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2753-2769

  Kalnay, Eugenia ^a,b,c   Lord, Stephen J ^a   McPherson, Ronald D ^a  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Sarkey's Energy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032459768     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2753:MOONWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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