On the structure of potential vorticity in baroclinic instability
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v41i4.11840 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 275 - 284
Submitted on: Jun 20, 1988
Accepted on: Sep 13, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1989
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1989 Walter A. Robinson, published by Stockholm University Press
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