Destabilization of the Thermohaline Circulation by Atmospheric Transports: An Analytic Solution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1803-1811

  Krasovskiy, Yuriy P ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0343202976     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1803:DOTTCB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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