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Marine Geodesy Volume 32, 2009 - Issue 3: Marine and Coastal Geospatial Information Space-based River Depth Estimation in Remote Regions
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Estimates of Geostrophic Surface Currents in the South Atlantic Bight

Dara D.H. Cadden Marine Science Program and Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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Richard Styles Naval Oceanographic Office, Coastal Prediction Division, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA
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Bulusu Subrahmanyam Marine Science Program and Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Pages 334-341 | Received 12 Jan 2009, Accepted 05 Mar 2009, Published online: 11 Aug 2009

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