Thermohaline circulation sensitivity to intermediate-level anomalies
By: Vincenzo Artale, Sandro Calmanti and Alfonso Sutera
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i2.12130 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 159 - 174
Submitted on: Jan 25, 2001
Accepted on: Jul 31, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2002 Vincenzo Artale, Sandro Calmanti, Alfonso Sutera, published by Stockholm University Press
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