Evolution of a sustained ocean observing system

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1369-1376

  Nowlin Jr , Worth D ^a   Briscoe, Melbourne ^b   Smith, Neville ^c   McPhaden, Michael J ^d   Roemmich, Dean ^e   Chapman, Piers ^a   Grassle, J Frederick ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001061230     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<1369:EOASOO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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