The Southern Ocean momentum balance: Evidence for topographic effects from numerical model output and altimeter data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2219-2232

  Gille, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000233792     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2219:TSOMBE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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