The resolution dependence of explicitly modeled convective systems

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 527-548

  Weisman, Morris L ^a   Skamarock, William C ^a   Klemp, Joseph B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001093825     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0527:TRDOEM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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