A regional model intercomparison using a case of explosive oceanic cyclogenesis

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-543

  Gyakum, John R ^a   Carrera, Marco ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Miller, Steve ^b   Caveen, James ^b   Benoit, Robert ^b   Black, Thomas ^c   Buzzi, Andrea ^e   Chouinard, Clément ^d   Fantini, M ^e   Folloni, C ^e   Katzfey, Jack J ^f   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^g   Lalaurette, François ^h   Low Nam, Simon ^g   Mailhot, Jocelyn ^b   Malguzzi, P ^e   Mcgregor, John L ^f   Nakamura, Masaomi ⁱ   Tripoli, Greg ^j   Wilson, Clive ^k   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d AES   (Canada)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

ⁱ JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; EXPLOSIVE SECONDARY; OCEAN; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EID: 0030426362     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0521:ARMIUA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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