Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-533-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-533-2013
Development and technical paper
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25 Apr 2013
Development and technical paper |  | 25 Apr 2013

How should sparse marine in situ measurements be compared to a continuous model: an example

L. de Mora, M. Butenschön, and J. I. Allen

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