Airborne ocean surveys of the loop current complex from noaa wp-3d in support of the deepwater horizon oil spill

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 131-151

  Shay, Lynn K ^a   Jaimes, Benjamin ^a   Brewster, Jodi K ^a   Meyers, Patrick ^a   McCaskill, E Claire ^a   Uhlhorn, Eric ^b   Marks, Frank ^b   Halliwell Jr , George R ^b   Smedstad, Ole Martin ^c   Hogan, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84892450967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001101     Document Type: Article

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