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On the structure of potential vorticity in baroclinic instability

✍ Scribed by WALTER A. ROBINSON


Book ID
111268722
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
578 KB
Volume
41A
Category
Article
ISSN
0280-6495

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