Stability properties of a barotropic surface-water jet observed in the Denmark Strait

Tim Fristedt; Riikka Hietala; Peter Lundberg

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14506

Stability properties of a barotropic surface-water jet observed in the Denmark Strait

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Volume 51 (1999): Issue 5

By: Tim Fristedt, Riikka Hietala and Peter Lundberg

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Submitted on: Aug 29, 1998

Accepted on: Jun 15, 1999

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