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The Education of a Land-Based Oceanographer

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  1. Princeton University, Princeton

    S. George Philander (Professor)

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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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Philander, S.G. (2006). Sextant to Satellite. In: Jochum, M., Murtugudde, R. (eds) Physical Oceanography. Springer, New York, NY . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33152-2_10

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