A climate version of the regional atmospheric modeling system

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 155-173

  Liston, G E ^a   Pielke, R A ^a  

^a Department of Systems Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034996642     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040170043     Document Type: Article

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