Simulated history of convection in the Greenland and labrador seas, 1948-2001

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 158, Issue , 2005, Pages 221-238

  Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a   Hurka, Jörg ^a   Karcher, Michael ^a   Kauker, Frank ^a   Köberle, Cornelia ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84895212911     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/158GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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