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Title: Data-driven modeling of Bay-Ocean wave spectra at bridge-tunnel crossing of Chesapeake Bay, USA
Award ID(s):
2052443 2139882
NSF-PAR ID:
10409304
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Applied Ocean Research
Volume:
135
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0141-1187
Page Range / eLocation ID:
103537
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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