Positive and negative feedbacks related to the Arctic Oscillation revealed by air-sea heat fluxes

Jinping Zhao; Ken Drinkwater; Xin Wang

doi:10.1080/16000870.2019.1596519

Positive and negative feedbacks related to the Arctic Oscillation revealed by air-sea heat fluxes

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By: Jinping Zhao, Ken Drinkwater and Xin Wang

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