Layered mixing on the New England Shelf in summer
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Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans of Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Oceanography Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
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