Temporal variability of the large-scale geostrophic surface velocity in the northeast Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2288-2297

  Van Meurs, P ^a,c   Niiler, P P ^b  

^a Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001029971     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2288:TVOTLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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