Dynamical downscaling of JRA-25 precipitation over Japan using the MRI-regional climate model

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Murazaki, Kazuyo ^a   Kurihara, Kazuo ^a   Sasaki, Hidetaka ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 84896706657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2010-036     Document Type: Article

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