Articles | Volume 13, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11709-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11709-2013
Research article
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03 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 03 Dec 2013

A WRF simulation of the impact of 3-D radiative transfer on surface hydrology over the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada

K. N. Liou, Y. Gu, L. R. Leung, W. L. Lee, and R. G. Fovell

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