Distinctive ocean interior changes during the recent warming slowdown

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Lijing ^a   Zheng, Fei ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84942274764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14346     Document Type: Article

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