Simulation of the madden-julian oscillation using general circulation models

World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate

Volumn Volume 9, Issue , 2017, Pages 119-130

  Kim, Daehyun ^a   Maloney, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 85020255221     PISSN: 20102763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1142/9789813200913_0009     Document Type: Chapter

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