Determination of water component age in ocean models: Application to the fate of North Atlantic Deep Water

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 1, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 81-94

  Hirst, Anthony C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0001863809     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(99)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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