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Storm-driven across-shelf oceanic flows into coastal waters
Sam Jones
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Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, PA371QA, UK
Mark Inall
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, PA371QA, UK
University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh,
EH93FE, UK
Marie Porter
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, PA371QA, UK
Jennifer A. Graham
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science,
Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR330HT, UK
Finlo Cottier
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science,
Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR330HT, UK
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The
Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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