A global nonhydrostatic semi-Lagrangian atmospheric model with orography

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 747-771

  Qian, Jian Hua ^a,b   Semazzi, Fredrick H M ^a   Scroggs, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000370417     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0747:AGNSLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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