A statistical description of the velocity fields from upper ocean drifters in the gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-110

  Dimarco, Steven F ^a   Nowlin, Worth D ^a   Reid, R O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85017567470     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM08     Document Type: Chapter

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