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The U.S. Air ForceWeather Agency’s mesoscale ensemble: scientific description and performance results

J. P. HackerNaval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA;Correspondencee-mail: [email protected]

S.-Y. HaNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA;

C. SnyderNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA;

J. BernerNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA;

F. A. EckelNational Weather Service Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, USA;

E. KucheraAir Force Weather Agency, Bellevue, NE, USA;

M. PocernichNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA;

S. RuggAir Force Weather Agency, Bellevue, NE, USA;

J. SchrammNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA;

X. WangUniversity of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

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Pages 625-641 | Received 14 Apr 2010, Accepted 01 Dec 2010, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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