Gravity waves in the mesosphere generated by tropospheric convention
By: James R. Holton and M. Joan Alexander
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v51i1.16259 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 45 - 58
Submitted on: May 22, 1998
Accepted on: Aug 3, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1999 James R. Holton, M. Joan Alexander, published by Stockholm University Press
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