Simulated tropical cyclones using the National Center for Atmospheric Research community climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 15013-15032

  Tsutsui, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Kasahara, Akira ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODEL; NCAR; SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 4243194950     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd03774     Document Type: Article

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