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A Review of Numerical Modeling Research on Small Scale Convection in the Atmosphere

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This paper will review briefly what has been done and what is going on in the field of numerical experiments on small-scale convection.

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Ogura, Y. (1963). A Review of Numerical Modeling Research on Small Scale Convection in the Atmosphere. In: Severe Local Storms. Meteorological Monographs, vol 5. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-56-3_4

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