The impact of MOPS moisture data in the U.K. meteorological office mesoscale data assimilation scheme

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1746-1766

  Macpherson, Bruce ^a   Wright, Bruce J ^a   Hand, William H ^a   Maycock, Adam J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4243058598     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1746:TIOMMD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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