The impact of parameterized subgrid-scale orographic forcing on systematic errors in a global NWP model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2023-2045

  Milton, S F ^a   Wilson, C A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4243119869     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2023:TIOPSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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