Performance and evaluation of the MRI regional climate model with the spectral boundary coupling method

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-489

  Sasaki, Hidetaka ^a   Sato, Yasuo ^a   Adachi, Kazuyo ^a   Kida, Hideji ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0040788289     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.4_477     Document Type: Review

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