Why ocean heat transport warms the global mean climate
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i4.14708 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 662 - 675
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2004
Accepted on: Nov 22, 2004
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