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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
On moist ocean-atmosphere coupling mechanisms
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Arjun Sharma
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Mark A. Taylor
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Christopher Eldred
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Peter A. Bosler
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Erika L. Roesler
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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