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Dynamic meteorology

Development of an idealised downstream cyclone: Eulerian and Lagrangian perspective on the kinetic energy

Lukas PapritzInstitute for Atmospheric and Climate ScienceETH ZürichSwitzerland;Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM)ETH ZürichSwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sebastian SchemmInstitute for Atmospheric and Climate ScienceETH ZürichSwitzerland
Article: 19539 | Received 14 Aug 2012, Accepted 15 Feb 2013, Published online: 20 Mar 2013

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