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Formula for a baroclinic adjustment theory of climate Cover

Formula for a baroclinic adjustment theory of climate

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Volume 54 (2002): Issue 3
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|Jan 2002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i3.12143 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 260 - 272
Submitted on: Mar 6, 2001
Accepted on: Dec 3, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2002 Isabella Bordi, Alessandro Dell’Aquila, Antonio Speranza, Alfonso Sutera, published by Stockholm University Press
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