C-G. Rossby: Geostrophic adjustment as an outgrowth of modeling the gulf stream

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2711-2728

  Lewis, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0642299759     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2711:CGRGAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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