Water masses and their circulation off western Iberia during May 1993

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1127-1160

  Fiúza, Armando F G ^a   Hamann, Meike ^a   Ambar, Isabel ^a   Díaz Del Río, Guillermo ^b   González, Nicolás ^b   Cabanas, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo   (Spain)

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EID: 0344074640     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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