Description and verification of the NCAR integrated turbulence forecasting algorithm (ITFA)

38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Sharman, R ^a   Wiener, G ^a   Brown, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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