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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 52, 2000 - Issue 5
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Original Articles

Sensitivity analysis of the climate of a chaotic system

Daniel J. LeaAtmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK;Correspondence[email protected]
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Myles R. AllenAtmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK;;Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon., OX11 0QX, UK;
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Thomas W.N. HaineDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 329 Olin Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD21218, USA
Pages 523-532 | Received 06 Sep 1999, Accepted 03 Mar 2000, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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