A stretched icosahedral grid by a new grid transformation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86A, Issue , 2008, Pages 107-119

  Tomita, Hirofumi ^a  

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

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EID: 84971407379     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86A.107     Document Type: Article

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