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WOCE and the Gibraltar Experiment Third Objective

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The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits

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Some ideas are proposed about how some of the recommendations outlined during the workshop on the Physical Oceanography of the Strait of Gibraltar (WPOSC) held last October at Madrid, can be adapted to serve both: the third objective of the Gibraltar Experiment and the WOCE goals.

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Parrilla, G. (1990). WOCE and the Gibraltar Experiment Third Objective. In: Pratt, L.J. (eds) The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits. NATO ASI Series, vol 318. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0677-8_11

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