Impact of the convection triggering function on single-column model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D11, 2000, Pages 14983-14996

  Xie, Shaocheng ^a,b   Zhang, Minghua ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION;

EID: 0033790060     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900170     Document Type: Article

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