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Ocean Acoustic Tomography

From a Stormy Start to an Uncertain Future

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Munk, W. (2006). Ocean Acoustic Tomography. In: Jochum, M., Murtugudde, R. (eds) Physical Oceanography. Springer, New York, NY . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33152-2_8

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