Numerical study of convective scale selection in a cloud-topped marine boundary layer

Brian H. Fiedler; Steven Peckham

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v44i5.14968

Numerical study of convective scale selection in a cloud-topped marine boundary layer

Tellus

Volume 44 (1992): Issue 5

By: Brian H. Fiedler and Steven Peckham

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|Jan 1992

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Language: English

Page range: 366 - 380

Submitted on: Nov 6, 1991

Accepted on: Mar 23, 1992

Published on: Jan 1, 1992

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© 1992 Brian H. Fiedler, Steven Peckham, published by Stockholm University Press
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