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Energy integral description of the development of Kelvin-Helmholtz billows

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Volume 28 (1976): Issue 3
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|Jan 1976
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v28i3.10281 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 197 - 214
Submitted on: May 27, 1975
Accepted on: Aug 26, 1975
Published on: Jan 1, 1976
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1976 J. T. C. Liu, L. Merkine, published by Stockholm University Press
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