Flow regimes in a wide 'sliced-cylinder' model of homogeneous beta-plane circulation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 399, Issue , 1999, Pages 205-236

  Griffiths, Ross W ^a   Kiss, Andrew E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000584677     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099006370     Document Type: Article

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