Impacts of Model Spatial Resolution on the Simulation of Convective Spectrum and the Associated Cloud Radiative Effect in the Tropics

Hien X. BUI; Jia-Yuh Yu

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Impacts of Model Spatial Resolution on the Simulation of Convective Spectrum and the Associated Cloud Radiative Effect in the Tropics

Hien X. BUI

Jia-Yuh Yu

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II Vol. 99 No. 4 pp. 789-802 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jan 01, 2021
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Hien X. BUI, Jia-Yuh Yu (2021). Impacts of Model Spatial Resolution on the Simulation of Convective Spectrum and the Associated Cloud Radiative Effect in the Tropics. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, 99(4), 789-802. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-039

Impacts of Model Spatial Resolution on the Simulation of Convective Spectrum and the Associated Cloud Radiative Effect in the Tropics

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