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On freshwater-dependent bifurcations in box models of the interhemispheric thermohaline circulation

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Volume 54 (2002): Issue 1
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|Jan 2002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i1.12126 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 89 - 98
Submitted on: Mar 28, 2001
Accepted on: Oct 10, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2002 Sven Titz, Till Kuhlbrodt, Stefan Rahmstorf, Ulrike Feudel, published by Stockholm University Press
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