Nonlinear adjustment of a rotating homogeneous atmosphere to zonal momentum forcing
By: Ronald P. Weglarz and Yuh-Lang Lin
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v50i5.14562 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 616 - 636
Submitted on: Oct 7, 1997
Accepted on: May 5, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1998 Ronald P. Weglarz, Yuh-Lang Lin, published by Stockholm University Press
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