The circulation of the ocean and its variability

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-474

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 67649360031     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133308096753     Document Type: Review

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