A thermodynamically general theory for convective vortices

Nilton O. Renno

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00331.x

A thermodynamically general theory for convective vortices

Tellus

Volume 60 (2008): Issue 4

By: Nilton O. Renno

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|Jan 2008

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