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Altimeter Surveys, Coastal Tides, and Shelf Circulation

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This work is partially supported by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography – Canada (SWOT-C) Program, Canadian Space Agency.

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    Guoqi Han

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Han, G. (2017). Altimeter Surveys, Coastal Tides, and Shelf Circulation. In: Finkl, C., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science . Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_7-2

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