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Linear unsteady mountain waves

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Language: English
Page range: 201 - 220
Submitted on: Aug 3, 1992
Accepted on: Mar 5, 1993
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1993 François Lott, Hector Teitelbaum, published by Stockholm University Press
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