Internal gravity waves: Analysis using the periodic, inverse scattering transform

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-26

  Zimmerman, W B ^a   Haarlemmer, G W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0032742999     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-6-11-1999     Document Type: Article

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