The low-resolution CCSM2 revisited: New adjustments and a present-day control run

Ocean Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-181

  Prange, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 62149145844     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-4-151-2008     Document Type: Article

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