Discriminant analysis applied to the forecasting of thunderstorms

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 187-195

  Sánchez, José L ^a   Fraile, Roberto ^a   De La Fuente, María T ^a   Marcos, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

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EID: 0039572003     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030210     Document Type: Article

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