Mc2 model performance during the beaufort and arctic storm experiment

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 35, Issue , 1997, Pages 221-244

  Benoit, Robert ^b   Pellerin, Simon ^b   Yu, Wei ^a,b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039701044     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1997.9687349     Document Type: Article

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