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Transient response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to enhanced freshwater input to the Nordic Seas–Arctic Ocean in the Bergen Climate Model Cover

Transient response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to enhanced freshwater input to the Nordic Seas–Arctic Ocean in the Bergen Climate Model

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Volume 56 (2004): Issue 4
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|Jan 2004
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i4.14421 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 342 - 361
Submitted on: May 6, 2003
Accepted on: Jan 29, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2004 Odd Helge Otterå, Helge Drange, Mats Bentsen, Nils Gunnar Kvamstø, Dabang Jiang, published by Stockholm University Press
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