Potential vorticity mixing by marginally unstable baroclinic disturbances
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عنوان ژورنال: Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1600-0870
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v41i2.11825