Lagrangian transport in geophysical jets and waves: The dynamical systems approach

Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-145

  Samelson, Roger M ^a   Wiggins, Stephen ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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