Forecast skill of Madden-Julian Oscillation events in a global nonhydrostatic model during the CINDY2011/DYNAMO observation period

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-73

  Nasuno, Tomoe ^a  

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

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EID: 84898813790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2013-016     Document Type: Article

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