Comments on "issues regarding the assimilation of cloud and precipitation data"

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3344-3347

  Vukicevic, Tomislava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 56849127055     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2748.1     Document Type: Note

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