A comparison of various normal-mode initialization schemes and the inclusion of diabatic processes
By: Ronald M. Errico and Philip J. Rasch
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v40i1.11779 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 25
Submitted on: Jan 1, 1986
Accepted on: Feb 27, 1987
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1988 Ronald M. Errico, Philip J. Rasch, published by Stockholm University Press
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