The EPIC atmospheric model with an isentropic/terrain-following hybrid vertical coordinate

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-273

  Dowling, Timothy E ^a   Bradley, Mary E ^a   Colón, Edward ^b   Kramer, John ^a   LeBeau, Raymond P ^c   Lee, Grace C H ^a   Mattox, Timothy I ^c   Morales Juberías, Raul ^d   Palotai, Csaba J ^a   Parimi, Vimal K ^c   Showman, Adam P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Network Computing Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Computer techniques; dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645860153     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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