Hyperbolic lines and the stratospheric polar vortex

Chaos

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 382-394

  Koh, Tieh Yong ^a   Legras, Bernard ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0036592284     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1480442     Document Type: Article

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