Revisiting the tropical Atlantic western boundary circulation from  a 25-year time series of satellite altimetry data

Dimoune, Djoirka Minto; Birol, Florence; Hernandez, Fabrice; Léger, Fabien; Araujo, Moacyr

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-251-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-251-2023

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07 Mar 2023

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Revisiting the tropical Atlantic western boundary circulation from a 25-year time series of satellite altimetry data

Djoirka Minto Dimoune, Florence Birol, Fabrice Hernandez, Fabien Léger, and Moacyr Araujo

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