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Title: Partitioning of Kinetic Energy in the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre: BEAUFORT GYRE KINETIC ENERGY
Award ID(s):
1719280
PAR ID:
10101324
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Volume:
123
Issue:
7
ISSN:
2169-9275
Page Range / eLocation ID:
4806 to 4819
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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