Large-scale, free Rossby waves in the atmosphere—an update

Roland A. Madden

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00257.x

Large-scale, free Rossby waves in the atmosphere—an update

Tellus

Volume 59 (2007): Issue 5

By: Roland A. Madden

Open Access

|Jan 2007

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