Rossby wavepacket propagation in a zonally-varying basic flow
By: Takeshi Enomoto and Yoshihisa Matsuda
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14477 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 588 - 602
Submitted on: Sep 15, 1998
Accepted on: May 10, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1999 Takeshi Enomoto, Yoshihisa Matsuda, published by Stockholm University Press
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