Implementation of an E-∈ parameterization of vertical subgrid-scale mixing in a regional model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 905-918

  Langland, Rolf H ^a   Liou, Chi Sann ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001583470     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0905:IOAPOV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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