Design of an atmospheric model based on a generalized vertical coordinate

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1649-1673

  Konor, Celal S ^a   Arakawa, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001488613     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1649:DOAAMB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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