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Baroclinic instability in a two-layer, vertically semi-infinite domain Cover

Baroclinic instability in a two-layer, vertically semi-infinite domain

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|Jan 1991

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Language: English
Page range: 275 - 284
Submitted on: Oct 20, 1989
Accepted on: Feb 19, 1991
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1991 Johannes C. Müller, published by Stockholm University Press
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