Linear theory of stratified hydrostatic flow past an isolated mountain

Ronald B. Smith

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v32i4.10590

Linear theory of stratified hydrostatic flow past an isolated mountain

Tellus

Volume 32 (1980): Issue 4

By: Ronald B. Smith

Open Access

|Jan 1980

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