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The stability of continuous baroclinic models with planetary vorticity gradient Cover

The stability of continuous baroclinic models with planetary vorticity gradient

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|Jan 1971

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Language: English
Page range: 285 - 294
Submitted on: Feb 5, 1971
Published on: Jan 1, 1971
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1971 Chung-Muh Tang, published by Stockholm University Press
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