Examples of quaternionic and Kähler structures in Hamiltonian models of nearly geostrophic flow

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Rubtsov, V N ^a   Roulstone, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031581703     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/30/4/004     Document Type: Article

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