A comparison of the spectral energy and enstrophy budgets of blocking versus nonblocking periods
By: Anthony R. Hansen and Alfonso Sutera
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v36i1.11465 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 52 - 63
Submitted on: Oct 18, 1982
Accepted on: Mar 7, 1983
Published on: Jan 1, 1984
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1984 Anthony R. Hansen, Alfonso Sutera, published by Stockholm University Press
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