Rossby-wave turbulence in a rapidly rotating sphere

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 947-953

  Schaeffer, N ^a   Cardin, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSSBY WAVE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 30744439281     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-947-2005     Document Type: Article

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