The ensemble of tropical cyclone track forecasting models in the North Atlantic Basin (1976-2000)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1895-1904

  Aberson, Sim D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0038300057     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0000:TEOTCT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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