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Causes and consequences of mid–21st-century rapid ice loss events simulated by the Rossby centre regional atmosphere-ocean model Cover

Causes and consequences of mid–21st-century rapid ice loss events simulated by the Rossby centre regional atmosphere-ocean model

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Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Dec 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19110 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 19110 - 19110
Submitted on: Jul 4, 2012
Accepted on: Apr 3, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
coupled regional climate model,
rapid ice loss events,
Arctic,
climate scenarios,
sea-ice

© 2013 Jean-Philippe Paquin, Ralf Döscher, Laxmi Sushama, Torben Koenigk, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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