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Effects of solar irradiance forcing on the ocean circulation and sea-ice in the North Atlantic in an isopycnic coordinate ocean general circulation model Cover

Effects of solar irradiance forcing on the ocean circulation and sea-ice in the North Atlantic in an isopycnic coordinate ocean general circulation model

Tellus
Volume 56 (2004): Issue 2
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|Jan 2004
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i2.14399 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 154 - 166
Submitted on: Apr 25, 2003
Accepted on: Oct 15, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2004 Odd Helge Otterå, Helge Drange, published by Stockholm University Press
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