Breaking Rossby waves in the barotropic atmosphere with parameterized baroclinic instability
By: H. L. Tanaka and Yasushi Watarai
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14474 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 552 - 573
Submitted on: Sep 24, 1998
Accepted on: Jun 9, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1999 H. L. Tanaka, Yasushi Watarai, published by Stockholm University Press
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