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Applying the Stereographic Projection to Modeling of the Flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

By Susanna V. Haziot  and Kateryna Marynets  
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We discuss the use of stereographic projection for studying recent models of the flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

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Haziot, S.V., and K. Marynets. 2018. Applying the stereographic projection to modeling of the flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Oceanography 31(3):68–75, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.311.

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