The leaky funnel model, a metaphor of the ventilation of the World Ocean as simulated in an OGCM

Anne Mouchet; Eric Deleersnijder

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00322.x

The leaky funnel model, a metaphor of the ventilation of the World Ocean as simulated in an OGCM

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 4

By: Anne Mouchet and Eric Deleersnijder

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