A time dependent, two-layer frontal model of buoyant plume dynamics

James O'Donnell; Richard W. Garvine

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v35i1.11420

A time dependent, two-layer frontal model of buoyant plume dynamics

Tellus

Volume 35 (1983): Issue 1

By: James O'Donnell and Richard W. Garvine

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|Jan 1983

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v35i1.11420 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 73 - 80

Submitted on: Nov 2, 1982

Accepted on: Mar 16, 1982

Published on: Jan 1, 1983

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1983 James O'Donnell, Richard W. Garvine, published by Stockholm University Press
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