Cleveland Abbe and American meteorology, 1871-1901

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-326

  Willis, Edmund P ^a   Hooke, William H ^b  

^a 1120 G Street NW ^*

^b American Meteorological Society   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL THEORY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SIGNAL SERVICE; THEORETICAL METEOROLOGY;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33645540558     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-3-315     Document Type: Article

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