Fractal drifter trajectories in the Kuroshio extension
By: A. R. Osborne, A. D. Kirwan, A. Provenzale and L. Berg Amasco
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v41i5.11850 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 416 - 435
Submitted on: Jun 27, 1988
Accepted on: Feb 2, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1989
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