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A simple model for the three-dimensional, thermally and wind-driven ocean circulation Cover

A simple model for the three-dimensional, thermally and wind-driven ocean circulation

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|Jan 1994

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Language: English
Page range: 671 - 680
Submitted on: Aug 6, 1993
Accepted on: Dec 2, 1993
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1994 Leo R. M. Maas, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.