Forecast Demonstration Project Sydney 2000: Part 1: An overview of the project and the participating systems

Weather

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 397-404

  Fox, Neil ^a   Sleigh, Michael ^a   Pierce, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1642401446     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.2001.tb06516.x     Document Type: Article

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