Modeling abrupt climate change as the interaction between sea ice extent and mean ocean temperature under orbital insolation forcing

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-74

  Rial, J A ^a   Saha, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 84899883804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GM001027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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