Sensitivity of internal gravity waves solutions to the time step of a semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian nonhydrostatic model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 972-999

  Héreil, Philippe ^a,b,c   Laprise, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 0001068299     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0972:SOIGWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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