Multiple Jets as PV Staircases: The Phillips Effect and the Resilience of Eddy-Transport Barriers

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

• Publication date

  2008-03-01

• Fields of study

  Physics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/2007JAS2227.1
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