Introduction to special section: Regional climate modeling revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6335-6352

  Giorgi, Filippo ^a,b   Mearns, Linda O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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EID: 0000377434     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02072     Document Type: Article

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