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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 47, 1995 - Issue 5
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Bifurcation of eastward jets induced by mid-ocean ridges and diverging isobaths

Chuan ShiUniversity of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland21613-0775, USA;Now at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, Mail Code 971, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA. [email protected].
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Shenn-Yu ChaoUniversity of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland21613-0775, USA
Pages 1032-1046 | Received 29 Aug 1994, Accepted 02 Nov 1994, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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