The contrast between Atlantic and Pacific surface water fluxes

Philip M. Craig; David Ferreira; John Methven

doi:10.1080/16000870.2017.1330454

The contrast between Atlantic and Pacific surface water fluxes

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Volume 69 (2017): Issue 1

By: Philip M. Craig , David Ferreira and John Methven

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2017.1330454 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 1330454 - 1330454

Submitted on: Dec 19, 2016

Accepted on: Dec 19, 2016

Published on: Jan 1, 2017

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

run-off,

freshwater transport,

Meridional Overturning Circulation

© 2017 Philip M. Craig, David Ferreira, John Methven, published by Stockholm University Press
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