A comparison study of convective parameterization schemes in a mesoscale model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 252-278

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Seaman, Nelson L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001005190     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0252:ACSOCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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