A continuous buoyancy based convection scheme: one- and three-dimensional validation

J. F. Guérémy

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00521.x

A continuous buoyancy based convection scheme: one- and three-dimensional validation

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Volume 63 (2011): Issue 4

By: J. F. Guérémy

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|Jan 2011

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