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Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-901-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-901-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
Review article
 | 
29 Oct 2013
Review article |  | 29 Oct 2013

From satellite altimetry to Argo and operational oceanography: three revolutions in oceanography

P. Y. Le Traon

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