Lagrangian observations of meddy formation during a mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2545-2575

  Bower, Amy S ^a   Armi, Laurence ^b   Ambar, Isabel ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 0000310476     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2545:LOOMFD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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