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The formation and breakdown of Kelvin-Helmholtz billows

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Readings, C.J., Atlas, D., Emmanuel, C.B. et al. The formation and breakdown of Kelvin-Helmholtz billows. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 5, 233–240 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02188324

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