A priori estimates of mixing and circulation in the hard-to-reach water body of Lake Vostok

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-43

  Wüest, Alfred ^a   Carmack, Eddy ^b  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 0002520871     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1463-5003(00)00007-x     Document Type: Article

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