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Title: A year of internal Poincaré waves in southern Lake Michigan: YEAR OF LM P WAVES
Award ID(s):
1030842
PAR ID:
10092047
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Volume:
117
Issue:
C7
ISSN:
0148-0227
Page Range / eLocation ID:
n/a to n/a
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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