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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-731-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-731-2014
Research article
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18 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 18 Aug 2014

Computation of a new mean dynamic topography for the Mediterranean Sea from model outputs, altimeter measurements and oceanographic in situ data

M.-H. Rio, A. Pascual, P.-M. Poulain, M. Menna, B. Barceló, and J. Tintoré

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