Partitioning of Kinetic Energy in the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre: BEAUFORT GYRE KINETIC ENERGY
- Award ID(s):
- 1719280
- PAR ID:
- 10101324
- 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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