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Sensitivity of a coarse resolution ocean general circulation model under climate change forcing Cover

Sensitivity of a coarse resolution ocean general circulation model under climate change forcing

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|Jan 1998

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Language: English
Page range: 124 - 133
Submitted on: May 23, 1997
Accepted on: Sep 30, 1997
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1998 William A. Gough, Tatiana Allakhverdova, published by Stockholm University Press
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