The value of air quality forecasting in the mid-atlantic region

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-79

  Garner, Gregory G ^a   Thompson, Anne M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866343056     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-10-05010.1     Document Type: Article

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