Regional stretched grid generation and its application to the NCAR RegCM

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6501-6513

  Qian, Jian Hua ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^a   Fox Rabinovitz, Michael S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0033608691     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02649     Document Type: Article

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