Numerical model simulations of a mesoscale gravity wave event: Sensitivity tests and spectral analyses

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1838-1869

  Powers, Jordan G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001479252     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1838:NMSOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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