Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1451-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1451-2024
Research article
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31 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2024

On the relationship between mesoscale cellular convection and meteorological forcing: comparing the Southern Ocean against the North Pacific

Francisco Lang, Steven T. Siems, Yi Huang, Tahereh Alinejadtabrizi, and Luis Ackermann

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