The three-dimensional vortical nature of atmospheric and oceanic turbulent flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1512-1520

  Dritschel, David G ^a   De La Torre Juárez, Manuel ^b   Ambaum, Maarten H P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001326477     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870014     Document Type: Article

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