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Vapor flux associated with return flow over the Gulf of Mexico: a sensitivity study using adjoint modeling Cover

Vapor flux associated with return flow over the Gulf of Mexico: a sensitivity study using adjoint modeling

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|Jan 2001

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Language: English
Page range: 74 - 93
Submitted on: Jun 23, 1999
Accepted on: May 17, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2001 J. M. Lewis, K. D. Raeder, R. M. Errico, published by Stockholm University Press
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