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Breaking Rossby waves in the barotropic atmosphere with parameterized baroclinic instability

H.L. TanakaInstitute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8571Japan;
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Yasushi WataraiDoctoral Program in Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8571Japan
Pages 552-573 | Received 24 Sep 1998, Accepted 09 Jun 1999, Published online: 27 Jan 2017

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