The lifecycle of axisymmetric internal solitary waves
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The lifecycle of axisymmetric internal solitary waves
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عنوان ژورنال: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1607-7946
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-443-2010