Convergence of atmospheric simulations with increasing horizontal resolution and fixed forcing scales

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 663-673

  Williamson, David L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONVERGENCE; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION;

EID: 0033372661     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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