A Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2019-2031

  Servain, Jacques ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^b   McPhaden, Michael J ^c   Moura, Antonio D ^d   Reverdin, Gilles ^e   Vianna, Marcio ^f   Zebiak, Stephen E ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

^e LEGOS   (France)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^g Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 1842790798     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2019:APRMAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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