The subgrid-scale orographic blocking parametrization of the GEM Model

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-170

  Zadra, Ayrton ^a   Roch, Michel ^a   Laroche, Stéphane ^a   Charron, Martin ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; MODEL TEST; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0141461608     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.410204     Document Type: Article

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