On the possibility of barotropic instability over northeast Brazil
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v36i2.11614 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 207 - 210
Submitted on: Oct 20, 1982
Accepted on: May 31, 1983
Published on: Jan 1, 1984
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1984 Vadlamudi Brahmananda Rao, Valdo da Silva Marques, José Paulo Bonatti, published by Stockholm University Press
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