The joint hurricane test bed

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-380

  Rappaport, Edward N ^a   Jiing, Jiann Gwo ^a   Landsea, Christopher W ^a   Murilla, Shirley T ^b   Franklin, James L ^a  

^a NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL BUDGET; FORECAST ACCURACY; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER RESEARCH;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; HURRICANES; RESEARCH;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84859409242     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00037.1     Document Type: Article

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