A mesoscale model intercomparison: A case of explosive development of a tropical cyclone (COMPARE III)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 999-1033

  Nagata, Masashi ^a   Leslie, Lance ^b   Kamahori, Hirotaka ^c   Nomura, Ryoichi ^a   Mino, Hiroshi ^a   Kurihara, Yoshio ^d   Rogers, Eric ^e   Elsberry, Russell L ^f   Basu, B K ^g   Buzzi, Andrea ^h   Calvo, Javier ⁱ   Desgagné, Michel ^j   D'Isidoro, Massimo ^h   Hong, Song You ^e,o   Katzfey, Jack ^k   Majewski, Detlev ^l   Malguzzi, Piero ^h   McGregor, John ^k   Murata, Akihiko ^c   Nachamkin, Jason ^m   Roch, Michel ^j   Wilson, Clive ⁿ   more..

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia ^*  (Spain)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^m NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o Yonsei University   (South Korea)

more..

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EID: 23044531722     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.79.999     Document Type: Article

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