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Atmospheric and oceanic freshwater transport during weak Atlantic overturning circulation Cover

Atmospheric and oceanic freshwater transport during weak Atlantic overturning circulation

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Volume 55 (2003): Issue 5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v55i5.12108 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 438 - 449
Submitted on: Oct 11, 2001
Accepted on: Apr 9, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2003
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2003 Gerrit Lohmann, published by Stockholm University Press
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