Equivalent finite volume and Eulerian spectral transform horizontal resolutions established from aqua-planet simulations
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00340.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 839 - 847
Submitted on: Sep 19, 2007
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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