Baroclinic instability of a meridionally varying basic state

Baroclinic instability of a meridionally varying basic state

Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1984

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meacham, Stephen P.
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Format:	Thesis
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
Subjects:	Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54936

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