Chapter 3 Ocean Currents and Eddies

International Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue C, 2001, Pages

  Le Traon, P Y ^a   Morrow, R ^b  

^a CLS   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

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EID: 77956716192     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(01)80148-0     Document Type: Article

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