Metrics of hurricane-ocean interaction: Vertically-integrated or vertically-averaged ocean temperature?

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-368

  Price, J F ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 82455192083     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-351-2009     Document Type: Article

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