Non-linear forcing singular vector of a two-dimensional quasi-geostrophic model

Wansuo Duan; Feifan Zhou

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.18452

Non-linear forcing singular vector of a two-dimensional quasi-geostrophic model

Tellus

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Wansuo Duan and Feifan Zhou

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|Dec 2013

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