A case study of excessive rainfall forecasting

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 215-227

  Chang, C B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22044457398     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01026634     Document Type: Article

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