The distribution of the geostrophic flow in a stratified surface layer
By: Lena Lundberg and Gösta Walin
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v42i5.11900 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 583 - 593
Submitted on: Jun 1, 1989
Accepted on: Jan 5, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1990 Lena Lundberg, Gösta Walin, published by Stockholm University Press
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