A Mesoscale Model Intercomparison

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-283

  Cox, Robert ^a   Bauer, Bruce L ^b   Smith, Thomas ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mission Research Corporation   (United States)

^c DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 0000775808     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0265:AMMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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