Bistability of the Atlantic overturning circulation in a global climate model and links to ocean freshwater transport

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Geophysical Research Letters

• Publication date

  2011-05-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Physics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1029/2011GL047208
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