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The role of angular momentum in the splitting of isolated eddies Cover

The role of angular momentum in the splitting of isolated eddies

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|Jan 1990

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Language: English
Page range: 469 - 481
Submitted on: Mar 20, 1989
Accepted on: Sep 25, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1990 Doron Nof, published by Stockholm University Press
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