On the structure of the stability matrix in the normal mode stability study of zonal incompressible flows on a sphere

Atmosfera

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-155

  Skiba, Yuri N ^a   Adem, Julian ^a   Morales Acoltzi, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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ATMOSPHERIC CICULATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032124996     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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