Universal [formula omitted] spectrum of zonal flows on giant planets

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1545-1548

  Galperin, Boris ^a   Sukoriansky, Semion ^b   Huang, Huei Ping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000361562     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1373684     Document Type: Letter

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