Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-183-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-183-2013
Research article
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22 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2013

Sea surface freshening inferred from SMOS and ARGO salinity: impact of rain

J. Boutin, N. Martin, G. Reverdin, X. Yin, and F. Gaillard

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