Low-Froude-number stable flows past mountains

Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-272

  Hunto, J C R ^a   Feng, Y ^a   Linden, P F ^a   Greenslade, M D ^b   Mobbs, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040056110     PISSN: 20374909     EISSN: 18269885     Source Type: Journal    
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