Stability of the thermohaline circulation in a simple coupled model
By: Gerrit Lohmann, Rüdiger Gerdes and Deliang Chen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v48i3.12072 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 465 - 476
Submitted on: Feb 8, 1995
Accepted on: Oct 16, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1996
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1996 Gerrit Lohmann, Rüdiger Gerdes, Deliang Chen, published by Stockholm University Press
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