The vertical partition of oceanic horizontal kinetic energy

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1770-1794

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VERTICAL PROFILES;

EID: 0031413824     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1770:TVPOOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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