The Volume of Earth’s Ocean
Despite playing a significant role in the global water cycle, ocean volume has not been re-examined in over 25 years. The main uncertainty associated with ocean volume is the mean ocean depth. The earliest studies tended to overestimate ocean depth due to undersampling of seamounts and ocean ridges....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/23_2/23-2_charette.pdf |