Symmetric and asymmetric modes of the thermohaline circulation

Rezwan Mohammad; Johan Nilsson

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00194.x

Symmetric and asymmetric modes of the thermohaline circulation

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Volume 58 (2006): Issue 5

By: Rezwan Mohammad and Johan Nilsson

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Submitted on: Apr 7, 2005

Accepted on: May 12, 2006

Published on: Jan 1, 2006

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