Predictability aspects of global aqua-planet simulations with explicit convection

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86A, Issue , 2008, Pages 175-185

  Mapes, Brian ^a   Tulich, Stefan ^b   Nasuno, Tomoe ^c   Satoh, Masaki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84971441823     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86A.175     Document Type: Article

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