Numerical simulations of the life cycle of a baroclinic wave

William T. Thompson

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11570

Numerical simulations of the life cycle of a baroclinic wave

Tellus

Volume 47 (1995): Issue 5

By: William T. Thompson

Open Access

|Jan 1995

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