The influence of intraseasonal variations on medium- to extended-range weather forecasts over South America

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 486-494

  Jones, Charles ^a   Schemm, Jae Kyung E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034033878     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0486:TIOIVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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