A history of mesoscale model development

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-131

  Dudhia, Jimy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale modeling; Numerical weather prediction; Physics parameterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898936021     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-014-0031-8     Document Type: Review

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