Are two modes of thermohaline circulation stable?

Syukuro Manabe; Ronald J. Stouffer

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v51i3.13461

Are two modes of thermohaline circulation stable?

Tellus

Volume 51 (1999): Issue 3

By: Syukuro Manabe and Ronald J. Stouffer

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Submitted on: Jul 20, 1998

Accepted on: Jan 4, 1999

Published on: Jan 1, 1999

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