Water mass transformation in the North Atlantic over 1985-2002 simulated in an eddy-permitting model

Ocean Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-144

  Marsh, R ^a   Josey, S A ^a   Nurser, A J G ^a   De Cuevas, B A ^a   Coward, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247488126     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-1-127-2005     Document Type: Article

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