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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 785-798

  Lazo, Jeffrey K ^a   Morss, Rebecca E ^a   Demuth, Julie L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST INFORMATION; LEADTIME; ON CURRENTS; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTS; WEATHER INFORMATION; WEATHER WARNINGS;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68949217131     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2604.1     Document Type: Article

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