Conformal octagon: An attractive framework for global models offering quasi-uniform regional enhancement of resolution

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-48

  Purser, R J ^a,b   Rancic M ^b  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

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EID: 0039918120     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01037478     Document Type: Article

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