An observational study of the energy transfer between the seasonal mean flow and transient eddies
By: Jian Sheng and Jacques Derome
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v43i2.11921 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 128 - 144
Submitted on: Nov 29, 1989
Accepted on: Oct 24, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1991 Jian Sheng, Jacques Derome, published by Stockholm University Press
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