A pseudoenergy conservation law for the two-dimensional primitive equations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2261-2269

  Mackay, Murray D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ENERGY; FRONTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032418546     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2261:APCLFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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