Comments on "instability of the thermohaline circulation with respect to mixed boundary conditions: Is it really a problem for realistic models?"

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1099-1105

  Rahmstorf, Stefan ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 1342302553     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1099:COOTTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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