Regional Climate Simulation for Arizona: Impact of Resolution on Precipitation

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sharma, Ashish ^a   Huang, Huei Ping ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

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EID: 84874911168     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/505726     Document Type: Article

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