Tracer budgets in the warm water sphere

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 179-192

  Mcwilliams, James C ^a   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a   Gent, Peter R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; FLUXES; TRACERS; WARM WATER SPHERE;

EID: 0029756821     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i1.12046     Document Type: Article

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