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Flow over a mesoscale ridge: pathways to regime transition Cover

Flow over a mesoscale ridge: pathways to regime transition

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|Jan 1995

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Language: English
Page range: 502 - 524
Submitted on: Mar 4, 1994
Accepted on: Aug 29, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1995 J. Trüb, H. C. Davies, published by Stockholm University Press
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