Seasonal variation of the subtropical/tropical pathways in the atlantic ocean from an ocean data assimilation experiment

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 147, Issue , 2004, Pages 305-318

  Da Silva, Meyre P ^a   Chang, Ping ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750833952     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/147GM16     Document Type: Chapter

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