Temporal changes in eddy energy of the oceans

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-108

  Stammer, Detlef ^a   Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; ENERGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032959649     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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