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Externalizing the lateral boundary conditions from the dynamic core in semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian models Cover

Externalizing the lateral boundary conditions from the dynamic core in semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian models

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Language: English
Page range: 632 - 648
Submitted on: Aug 28, 2007
Accepted on: Apr 14, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 Piet Termonia, Fabrice Voitus, published by Stockholm University Press
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