Non-linear modelling of monthly mean vorticity time changes: An application to the western Mediterranean

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-124

  Finizio, M ^a   Palmieri, S ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

General circulation ocean atmosphere interactions; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Synoptic scale meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542420446     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0116-0     Document Type: Article

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