Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-503-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-503-2015
Research article
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03 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 03 Jul 2015

Mean circulation in the coastal ocean off northeastern North America from a regional-scale ocean model

K. Chen and R. He

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