Quality control and interpolations of WOCE-TOGA drifter data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 900-909

  Hansen, Donald V ^a,c   Poulain, Pierre Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001371170     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<0900:QCAIOW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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