The history of PAOBs in the Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-250

  Seaman, R ^a   Hart, T ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1642304089     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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