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Original Articles
The birth of numerical weather prediction
A. Wiin-NielsenGeophysical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Haraldsgade 6, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Pages 36-52
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Received 15 Jun 1990, Accepted 02 Oct 1990, Published online: 15 Dec 2016
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