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Comments on “Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenetic Processes during SOP-3 NAMMA in the GEOS-5 Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System”

Scott A. Braun Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

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01 Jul 2010
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https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JAS3458.1
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Corresponding author address: Dr. Scott A. Braun, NASA GSFC, Mail Code 613.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Email: scott.a.braun@nasa.gov

Corresponding author address: Dr. Scott A. Braun, NASA GSFC, Mail Code 613.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Email: scott.a.braun@nasa.gov

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