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Original Articles

The recent Arctic warm period

J. E. OverlandNOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA98115, USA;Correspondence[email protected]
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M. WangNOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA98115, USA;;Joint Institute for the Study of the Ocean and Atmosphere (JISAO), Box 354235, University of Washington, Seattle, WA98195, USA
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S. SaloNOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA98115, USA;
Pages 589-597 | Received 21 Aug 2007, Accepted 07 Mar 2008, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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