The impact of assimilating SSM/I precipitable water and rain flag data on humidity analysis and short-term precipitation forecasts

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-98

  Aonashi, Kazumasa ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0039648267     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.1_77     Document Type: Article

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