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How the ocean ventilates heat and carbon

A primary challenge to 21st century global climate predictability is understanding the ocean’s role as a heat and carbon sink or source to the atmosphere.

Sebastiaan Swart Sebastiaan Swart

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Ocean currents south of Africa from drifters

J V Durgadoo, J Ansorge and J R E Lutjeharms. 2008. Ocean currents south of Africa from drifters. South African Journal of Science, 104, pp....

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An altimetry-based gravest empirical mode south of Africa: 1.Development and validation

Sebastiaan Swart, Sabrina Speich, Isabelle J. Ansorge, and Johann R. E. Lutjeharms. 2010. An altimetry-based gravest empirical mode south of...

Sebastiaan Swart Sebastiaan Swart
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