Measurements of layer depth during baroclinic instability in a two-layer flow

Applied Scientific Research (The Hague)

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 191-207

  Holford, Joanne M ^a   Dalziel, Stuart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Fourier descriptors; Nonlinear evolution; Optical thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001708774     PISSN: 00036994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02249381     Document Type: Article

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