Blocking predictability in operational medium-range ensemble forecasts

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-116

  Matsueda, Mio ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 79953218851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-029     Document Type: Article

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