Collaborative efforts between the United States and United Kingdom to advance prediction of high-impact weather

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 937-948

  Kain, John S ^a   Willington, Steve ^b   Clark, Adam J ^a   Weiss, Steven J ^c   Weeks, Mark ^b   Jirak, Israel L ^c   Coniglio, Michchael C ^a   Roberts, Nigel M ^b   Karstens, Christopher D ^a,d   Wilkinson, Jonathan M ^b   Knopfmeier, Kent H ^a,d   Lean, Humphrey W ^b   Ellam, Laura ^b   Hanley, Kirsty ^b   North, Rachchel ^b   Suri, Dan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GRASS-ROOTS LEVELS; HIGH IMPACT; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 85019856245     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00199.1     Document Type: Article

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