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A new approach to the cumulus parameterization issue

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|Jan 2003

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Language: English
Page range: 275 - 300
Submitted on: Sep 9, 2002
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2003
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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