Linear baroclinic instability in the martian atmosphere: Primitive equation calculations

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-232

  Tanaka, H L ^a   Arai, Mayumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 0009822564     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352226     Document Type: Article

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