A global algorithm for estimating Absolute Salinity

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1123-1134

  McDougall, T J ^a   Jackett, D R ^b   Millero, F J ^c   Pawlowicz, R ^d   Barker, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84915789827     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-1123-2012     Document Type: Article

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