Scale-separation and quasi-equilibrium principles in Arakawa and Schubert's cumulus parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3821-3823

  Yano, Jun Ichi ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CUMULUS;

EID: 0033226445     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3821:ssaqep>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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