Application of classical thermodynamic principles to the study of oceanic overturning circulation
By: Herman G. Gade and Karin E. Gustafsson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i4.14420 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 371 - 386
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2003
Accepted on: Jan 8, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2004 Herman G. Gade, Karin E. Gustafsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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