Resolution dependency of the diurnal cycle of convective clouds over the tibetan plateau in a mesoscale model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86A, Issue , 2008, Pages 17-31

  Sato, Tomonori ^a   Yoshikane, Takao ^b   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Miura, Hiroaki ^b   Fujinami, Hatsuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84971423528     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86A.17     Document Type: Article

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