Nares Strait hydrography and salinity field from a 3-year moored array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Rabe, B ^a   Munchow A ^a   Johnson, H L ^b   Melling, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 78651272276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005966     Document Type: Article

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