The breakdown of large-scale flows in rotating, stratified fluids

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3178-3184

  McWilliams, James C ^a   Yavneh, Irad ^b   Cullen, Michael J P ^c   Gent, Peter R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0006640302     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869844     Document Type: Article

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