Distributions of mixed layer properties in North Pacific water mass formation areas: Comparison of Argo floats and World Ocean Atlas 2001

Ocean Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-70

  Bingham, F M ^a   Suga, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

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EID: 38349187239     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-2-61-2006     Document Type: Article

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