Rotational and divergent kinetic energy in the mesoscale model ALADIN
By: V. Blažica, N. Žagar, B. Strajnar and J. Cedilnik
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.18918 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 18918 - 18918
Submitted on: Jun 7, 2012
Accepted on: Mar 7, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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