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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 40, 1988 - Issue 2
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Instability and multiple steady states in a meridional-plane model of the thermohaline circulation

J. MarotzkeInstitut fur Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-2300 Kiel, FRG
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P. WelanderSchool of Oceanography, WB-10, University of Washington, Seattle,WA98195,USA
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J. WillebrandInstitut fur Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-2300 Kiel, FRG
Pages 162-172 | Received 09 Mar 1987, Accepted 05 Aug 1987, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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