Statistics and dynamics of blockings with a point vortex model
By: Mirjam Hirt, Lisa Schielicke, Annette Muller and Peter Nevir
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2018.1458565 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 1458565 - 1458565
Submitted on: Sep 14, 2017
Accepted on: Mar 26, 2018
Published on: Jan 1, 2018
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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