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Evidence for decadal variability in an ocean general circulation model: An advective mechanismFootnote1

Andrew J. Weaver Department of Meteorology, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, P.Q., H3A 2K6; Centre for Climate and Global Change Research, McGill University
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E.S. Sarachik Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, AK‐40, Seattle, Washington, 98195
Pages 197-231 | Received 19 Jul 1990, Published online: 19 Nov 2010

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