Linear stability analysis of the three-dimensional thermally-driven ocean circulation: application to interdecadal oscillations
By: Thierry Huck and Geoffrey K. Vallis
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v53i4.12225 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 526 - 545
Submitted on: Mar 6, 2000
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
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© 2001 Thierry Huck, Geoffrey K. Vallis, published by Stockholm University Press
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