Multi-center grand ensemble using three operational ensemble forecasts

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 33-36

  Matsueda, Mio ^a   Kyouda, Masayuki ^b   Tanaka, H L ^a,c   Tsuyuki, Tadashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 34247166384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2006-009     Document Type: Article

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