Articles | Volume 8, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-1041-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-1041-2012
Research article
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29 Nov 2012
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2012

Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5° S

C. S. Meinen, A. R. Piola, R. C. Perez, and S. L. Garzoli

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