Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-485-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-485-2012
Research article
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17 Jul 2012
Research article |  | 17 Jul 2012

Impact of SLA assimilation in the Sicily Channel Regional Model: model skills and mesoscale features

A. Olita, S. Dobricic, A. Ribotti, L. Fazioli, A. Cucco, C. Dufau, and R. Sorgente

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