Convergence of aqua-planet simulations with increasing resolution in the Community Atmospheric Model, Version 3

David L. Williamson

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00339.x

Convergence of aqua-planet simulations with increasing resolution in the Community Atmospheric Model, Version 3

Tellus

Volume 60 (2008): Issue 5

By: David L. Williamson

Open Access

|Jan 2008

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