A linear stability analysis of stratocumulus convection driven by radiative cooling
By: Philip Austin
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i2.11504 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 259 - 274
Submitted on: May 14, 1993
Accepted on: May 2, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1995 Philip Austin, published by Stockholm University Press
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