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A study of low-frequency unstable planetary waves in realistic zonal and zonally varying basic statesFootnote1

H. L. TanakaDepartment of Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO65211, USA
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Ernest C. KungDepartment of Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO65211, USA
Pages 179-199 | Received 12 Oct 1987, Accepted 20 Jun 1988, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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