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Research Articles

Evaluation of the ERA5 Significant Wave Height against NDBC Buoy Data from 1979 to 2019

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Pages 151-165 | Received 18 Jul 2021, Accepted 21 Nov 2021, Published online: 16 Dec 2021

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