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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 47, 1995 - Issue 5
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A generalized Charney—Stern theorem for semi-geostrophic dynamics

Paul J. KushnerDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaM5S JA7
Pages 541-547 | Received 29 Aug 1994, Accepted 07 Dec 1994, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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