Toward unification of the multiscale modeling of the atmosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3731-3742

  Arakawa, A ^a   Jung, J H ^b   Wu, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79955375427     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3731-2011     Document Type: Article

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