Upper-boundary effects in a contour dynamics/surgery model of the polar stratospheric vortex

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-207

  Fyfe, John ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0031489025     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1997.9649591     Document Type: Article

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