Assessing the impact of collaborative research projects on NWS warning performance

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-203

  Waldstreicher, Jeff S ^a  

^a National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; RESEARCH; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES;

FLASH FLOOD; WINTER STORM WARMINGS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 15044356533     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-2-193     Document Type: Article

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