SUCA: An engine for repetitive autonomous profiling near the ocean surface

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 300-307

  Stevens, Craig L ^a   Hill, Peter ^a   Smith, Murray J ^a   Popinet, Stéphane ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33646549913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2005.3.300     Document Type: Article

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