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The intention of this book is to discuss the role played by ice sheets in the climate system. This implies that the main interest is in the larger scales, both in time and space. We therefore start with a sketch of the global climate system.
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© 1984 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Oerlemans, J., van der Veen, C.J. (1984). The Global Climate System. In: Ice Sheets and Climate. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6325-2_1
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