Sea Ice-Albedo feedback and nonlinear arctic climate change

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 2008, Pages 111-131

  Winton, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73949157806     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/180GM09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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