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Title: Tracking Labrador Sea Water property signals along the Deep Western Boundary Current: TRACKING LSW SIGNALS ALONG THE DWBC
NSF-PAR ID:
10039769
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Volume:
122
Issue:
7
ISSN:
2169-9275
Page Range / eLocation ID:
5348 to 5366
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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