Long-period ocean heat storage rates and basin-scale heat fluxes from TOPEX

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C5, 1997, Pages 10525-10533

  Chambers, D P ^a   Tapley, B D ^a   Stewart, R H ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX;

EID: 0030683992     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03644     Document Type: Article

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