LAPS/RAMS. A nonhydrostatic mesoscale numerical modeling system configured for operational use
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11580 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 864 - 875
Submitted on: Sep 1, 1994
Accepted on: Nov 17, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1995 John S. Snook, Jennifer M. Cram, Jerome M. Schmidt, published by Stockholm University Press
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