Theories of Baroclinic Adjustment and Eddy Equilibration

The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 22-46

  Zurita Gotor, Pablo ^a   Lindzen, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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