Long-term sensor drift found in recovered Argo profiling floats

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 775-781

  Oka, Eitarou ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argo; Profiling float; Sensor drift

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; PROFILER;

EID: 16244386839     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0083-6     Document Type: Article

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