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Comparison of calculated energy flux of internal tides with microstructure measurements Cover

Comparison of calculated energy flux of internal tides with microstructure measurements

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|Dec 2014

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Language: English
Page range: 23240 - 23240
Submitted on: Oct 31, 2013
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2014
Published on: Dec 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 Saeed Falahat, Jonas Nycander, Fabien Roquet, Andreas M. Thurnherr, Toshiyuki Hibiya, published by Stockholm University Press
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