The freshwater balance: Over the North Atlantic SPURS domain from aquarius satellite salinity, OSCAR satellite surface currents, and some simplified approaches

Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-95

  Dohan, Kathleen ^a   Kao, Hsun Ying ^a   Lagerloef, Gary S E ^a  

^a EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84925321502     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.07     Document Type: Article

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