Estimates of wind energy input to the Ekman layer in the Southern Ocean from surface drifter data

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Geophysical Research

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1029/2008JC005170
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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