A perspective on submesoscale geophysical turbulence

IUTAM Bookseries

Volumn 28, Issue , 2010, Pages 131-141

  McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84862270009     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0360-5_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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