Global climate system response to SOFIA Antarctic meltwater in HadCM3-M2.1

Mistry, Amar; Lunt, Dan; Ren, Xin

doi:10.5194/tc-19-6989-2025

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22 Dec 2025

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Global climate system response to SOFIA Antarctic meltwater in HadCM3-M2.1

Amar Mistry, Dan Lunt, and Xin Ren

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