Evaluation of two Eta Model versions for weather forecast over South America

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-237

  Seluchi, Marcelo E ^a,b   Chou, Sin Chan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Meteorology; Performance; Regional modeling; South America; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0242524103     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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