Simulation of the Asian summer monsoon and its dependence on model horizontal resolution

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-265

  Stephenson, David B ^a   Chauvin, Fabrice ^a   Royer, Jean François ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 0009848903     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.2_237     Document Type: Article

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