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Understanding the ocean temperature change in global warming: the tropical Pacific Cover

Understanding the ocean temperature change in global warming: the tropical Pacific

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00390.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 371 - 380
Submitted on: Apr 6, 2008
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 Haijun Yang, Fuyao Wang, Aidong Sun, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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