A life-cycle of nonlinear baroclinic waves represented by a simple 3-D spectral model
By: H. L. Tanaka
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11567 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 697 - 704
Submitted on: Aug 29, 1994
Accepted on: Mar 17, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1995 H. L. Tanaka, published by Stockholm University Press
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