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Potential vorticity: Measuring consistency between GCM dynamical cores and tracer advection schemes
dc.contributor.authorWhitehead, J. P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJablonowski, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKent, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRood, R. B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T20:36:23Z
dc.date.available2016-05-10T20:26:28Zen
dc.date.issued2015-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationWhitehead, J. P.; Jablonowski, C.; Kent, J.; Rood, R. B. (2015). "Potential vorticity: Measuring consistency between GCM dynamical cores and tracer advection schemes." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 141(688): 739-751.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0035-9009en_US
dc.identifier.issn1477-870Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/111151
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltden_US
dc.subject.otherbaroclinic waveen_US
dc.subject.otherdynamical coreen_US
dc.subject.othertracer transporten_US
dc.subject.otherpotential vorticityen_US
dc.subject.otheradvectionen_US
dc.titlePotential vorticity: Measuring consistency between GCM dynamical cores and tracer advection schemesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAtmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111151/1/qj2389.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/qj.2389en_US
dc.identifier.sourceQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Societyen_US
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