Factors responsible for precipitation efficiencies in midlatitude and tropical squall simulations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2100-2125

  Ferrier, Brad Schoenberg ^a,b   Simpson, Joanne ^a   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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EID: 0001233986     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2100:frfpei>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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