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On radiating baroclinic instability of zonally varying flow

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|Jan 1993

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Language: English
Page range: 54 - 71
Submitted on: Feb 7, 1992
Accepted on: Jun 22, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1993 Catherine A. Finley, Terrence R. Nathan, published by Stockholm University Press
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