The global general circulation of the ocean estimated by the ECCO-Consortium

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue SPL.ISS. 2, 2009, Pages 88-103

  Wunsch, Carl ^a   Heimbach, Patrick ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^b   Fukumori, Ichiro ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77949917586     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.41     Document Type: Article

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