A global version of the PSU-NCAR mesoscale model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2989-3007

  Dudhia, Jimy ^a   Bresch, James F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; GRAVITY WAVES; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION DOMAINS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036968219     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2989:AGVOTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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