Drifting in the wind: Leeway error in shipdrift data

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1877-1903

  Richardson, Philip L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0031416303     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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