A condition on the average Richardson number for weak non-linearity of internal gravity waves
By: Erik Lindborg and James J. Riley
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00266.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 781 - 784
Submitted on: Apr 27, 2006
Accepted on: Jun 7, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2007 Erik Lindborg, James J. Riley, published by Stockholm University Press
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