Parallelizing operational weather forecast models for portable and fast execution

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-170

  Rodriguez, Bernardo ^a   Hart, Leslie ^a   Henderson, Tom ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0030587318     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpdc.1996.0116     Document Type: Article

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