Medium-range prediction of an extratropical oceanic cyclone: Impact of initial state

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2737-2763

  Zou, X ^a   Kuo, Y H ^a   Low Nam, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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CYCLOGENESIS; FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 0032927237     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2737:MRPOAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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