Unbalanced Frontogenesis. Part I: Zero Potential Vorticity
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0022-4928,1520-0469
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2180:ufpizp>2.0.co;2