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Douglas scale: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Douglas sea and swell scale

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wave oceanography paleoceanography Beaufort scale bathymetry sea grant Richter scale Fahrenheit temperature scale Celsius grain size scale marine geophysics marine geology