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Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1665-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1665-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Research article
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22 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2022

Accuracy of numerical wave model results: application to the Atlantic coasts of Europe

Matias Alday, Fabrice Ardhuin, Guillaume Dodet, and Mickael Accensi

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