Forced stationary planetary waves in Mars's winter atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 428-448

  Hollingsworth, Jeffery L ^a   Barnes, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001671369     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0428:FSPWIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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