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Ocean Model Studies of Upper-Ocean Variability at 0°N, 160°W during the 1982–1983 ENSO: Local and Remotely Forced Response

D.E. Harrison

NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115

A.P. Craig

School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23(3), 426-451 (1993)
Copyright ©1993 American Meteorological Society. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

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