Frontal Instabilities in a Two-Layer, Primitive Equation Ocean Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physical Oceanography
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-3670,1520-0485
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0948:fiiatl>2.0.co;2