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The theory of similarity for large-scale motions in planetary atmospheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. S. Golitsyn*
Affiliation:
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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A general similarity theory for dynamics of planetary atmospheres, which gives results consistent with those of more complex theories, is briefly outlined.

Type
Part II: Mars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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