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A dynamical stabilizer in the climate system: a mechanism suggested by a simple model Cover

A dynamical stabilizer in the climate system: a mechanism suggested by a simple model

Tellus
Volume 51 (1999): Issue 3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i3.13458 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 349 - 372
Submitted on: May 22, 1998
Accepted on: Oct 2, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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