The Canadian MC2: A semi-Lagrangian, semi-implicit wideband atmospheric model suited for finescale process studies and simulation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2382-2415

  Benoit, Robert ^a,b   Desgagné, Michel ^a   Pellerin, Pierre ^a   Pellerin, Simon ^a   Chartier, Yves ^a   Desjardins, Serge ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 0344705194     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2382:TCMASL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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