Preprocessing WRF initial conditions for coastal stratocumulus forecasting

Yang, Handa; Kleissl, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.003

Title: Preprocessing WRF initial conditions for coastal stratocumulus forecasting

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Authors:: Yang, Handa; Kleissl, Jan

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

OSTI Identifier:: 1341217

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Solar Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Solar Energy Journal Volume: 133 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0038-092X

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Yang, Handa, and Kleissl, Jan. Preprocessing WRF initial conditions for coastal stratocumulus forecasting.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.003.

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                    Yang, Handa, & Kleissl, Jan. Preprocessing WRF initial conditions for coastal stratocumulus forecasting.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.003

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                    Yang, Handa, and Kleissl, Jan. Mon .  
"Preprocessing WRF initial conditions for coastal stratocumulus forecasting".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.003.

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  title        = {Preprocessing WRF initial conditions for coastal stratocumulus forecasting},

  author       = {Yang, Handa and Kleissl, Jan},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.003},

  journal      = {Solar Energy},

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  volume       = 133,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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