The vertical-scale cascade in atmospheric tracers due to large-scale differential advection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1121-1136

  Haynes, Peter ^a   Anglade, Jerome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0031446070     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1121:TVSCIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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