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Interpretation of discrete and continuum modes in a two-layer Eady model

Tellus
Volume 59 (2007): Issue 2
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|Jan 2007
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00219.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 182 - 197
Submitted on: Jun 8, 2006
Accepted on: Oct 25, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 Hylke De Vries, Theo Opsteegh, published by Stockholm University Press
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