Representing equilibrium and nonequilibrium convection in large-scale models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 734-753

  Bechtold, Peter ^a   Semane, Noureddine ^a   Lopez, Philippe ^a   Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^b   Beljaars, Anton ^a   Bormann, Niels ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 84893876817     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0163.1     Document Type: Article

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