Summer monsoonal rainfall simulation on theT ibetan Plateau with a regional climate model using a one-way double-nesting system

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 49-52

  Cui, Xuefeng ^a,b   Langmann, Baerbel ^a,c   Graf, Hans F ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247127702     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2007-013     Document Type: Article

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