Coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction at oceanic mesoscales

Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 54-69

  Chelton, Dudley B ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 78649716719     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2010.05     Document Type: Article

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