Regular network model for the sea ice-albedo feedback in the Arctic

Chaos

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Müller Stoffels, Marc ^a   Wackerbauer, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 79953285173     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3555835     Document Type: Article

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