Emergency response transport forecasting using historical wind field pattern matching

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 446-462

  Carter, Roger G ^a   Keislar, Robert E ^a  

^a NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034121460     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0446:ERTFUH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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