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The mid-depth circulation of the Nordic Seas derived from profiling float observations

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Volume 62 (2010): Issue 4
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|Jan 2010
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00444.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 516 - 529
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2009
Accepted on: Mar 10, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2010 G. Voet, D. Quadfasel, K. A. Mork, H. Søiland, published by Stockholm University Press
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