A year of internal Poincaré waves in southern Lake Michigan: YEAR OF LM P WAVES
- Award ID(s):
- 1030842
- PAR ID:
- 10092047
- 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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