Ensemble sensitivities of the real atmosphere: application to Mediterranean intense cyclones

L. Garcies; V. Homar

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00392.x

Ensemble sensitivities of the real atmosphere: application to Mediterranean intense cyclones

Tellus

Volume 61 (2009): Issue 3

By: L. Garcies and V. Homar

Open Access

|Jan 2009

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