Characteristics of cloud size of deep convection simulated by a global cloud resolving model over the western tropical pacific

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86A, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-15

  Inoue, Toshiro ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Miura, Hiroaki ^b   Mapes, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 84971373037     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86A.1     Document Type: Article

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