Spectral evolution of two-layer weak geostrophic turbulence Part I:Typical scenarios

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 166-195

  Soomere, T ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

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EID: 0042969757     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-3-166-1996     Document Type: Article

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