Semi-Lagrangian advection on conformal-cubic grids

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1311-1322

  Mcgregor, John L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0005042286     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1311:SLAOCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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