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Dissipation of linear mountain waves over a ridge Cover

Dissipation of linear mountain waves over a ridge

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|Jan 1991

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Language: English
Page range: 226 - 234
Submitted on: May 17, 1990
Accepted on: Oct 12, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1991 William Blumen, Kevin Raeder, published by Stockholm University Press
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