Lagrangian models for nuclear studies: Examples and applications

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2012, Pages 329-347

  Arnold, D ^a,b   Seibert, P ^b   Nagai, H ^c   Wotawa, G ^d   Skomorowski, P ^d   Baumann Stanzer, K ^d   Polreich, E ^d   Langer, M ^d   Jones, A ^e   Hort, M ^e   Andronopoulos, S ^f   Bartzis, J G ^g   Davakis, E ^f   Kaufmann, P ^h   Vargas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos Aghia Paraskevi   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^h FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84899558504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GM001294     Document Type: Article

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