Balanced models in isentropic coordinates and the shallow water equations
By: Peter R. Gent and James C. McWilliams
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v36i2.11610 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 166 - 171
Submitted on: Mar 30, 1982
Accepted on: Jul 21, 1983
Published on: Jan 1, 1984
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1984 Peter R. Gent, James C. McWilliams, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.