Tropical gravity waves and superclusters simulated by high-horizontal-resolution SKYHI general circulation models

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1125-1139

  Hayashi, Y ^a   Golder, D G ^a   Jones, P W ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0039969770     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.6_1125     Document Type: Article

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