Potential of continental-scale circulation for the determination of local daily surface variables

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 165-186

  Huth, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOWNSCALING; GCM;

EID: 0031419934     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00866425     Document Type: Article

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