Development of a 5-km-mesh cloud-system-resolving regional climate model at the meteorological research institute

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Nakano, Masuo ^a   Kato, Teruyuki ^b   Hayashi, Syugo ^c   Kanada, Sachie ^a   Yamada, Yoshinori ^c   Kurihara, Kazuo ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 84864272372     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A19     Document Type: Note

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