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  1. Ocean Climate Research Division, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, USA

    Dennis Wilson Moore (Leader)

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  1. Oceanography Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Room 415, Boulder, CO, 80307-3200, USA

    Markus Jochum

  2. ESSIC/UMD, CSS Bldg/Room 2201, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Raghu Murtugudde

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Moore, D.W. (2006). Reflections of an Equatorial Oceanographer. In: Jochum, M., Murtugudde, R. (eds) Physical Oceanography. Springer, New York, NY . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33152-2_7

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