An evaluation of three diagnostic wind models (CALMET, MCSCIPUF, and SWIFT) with wind data from the Dipole Pride 26 field experiments

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-341

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Sontowski, John ^a   Dougherty, Catherine M ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 34249809801     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482705001908     Document Type: Article

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