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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 42, 1990 - Issue 4
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The role of angular momentum in the splitting of isolated eddies

Doron NofDepartment of Oceanography, and The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-3048, USA
Pages 469-481 | Received 20 Mar 1989, Accepted 25 Sep 1989, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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