North Atlantic ventilation using chlorofluorocarbons and idealised-tracer simulations

Yan-Chun He; Yongqi Gao; Mats Bentsen; Benkui Tan; Ola. M. Johannessen

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18807

North Atlantic ventilation using chlorofluorocarbons and idealised-tracer simulations

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Yan-Chun He, Yongqi Gao, Mats Bentsen, Benkui Tan and Ola. M. Johannessen

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|Jan 2012

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