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Beaufort Wind Scale

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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

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  1. Consulting - Coastal, Port and Marine Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Dilip K. Barua

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  1. Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Fletcher, North Carolina, USA

    Charles W. Finkl

  2. Coastal Education & Research Foundation , Coconut Creek, Florida, USA

    Christopher Makowski

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Barua, D.K. (2017). Beaufort Wind Scale. 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_45-2

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