Trajectory forecast as a rapid response to the deepwater horizon oil spill

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-165

  Liu, Yonggang ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Zheng, Lianyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84899858243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001121     Document Type: Article

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