Resolving oceanic shear and velocity with the multi-scale profiler

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1046-1072

  Winkel, D P ^a   Gregg, M C ^a   Sanford, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0001396248     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<1046:ROSAVW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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