Two Modes of Vertical Velocity in Subsurface Mesoscale Eddies
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2169-9275,2169-9291
DOI: 10.1029/2017jc013735