The Cumulus Parameterization Problem: Past, Present, and Future

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Journal of Climate

• Publication date

  2004-07-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Physics, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2493:RATCPP>2.0.CO;2
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