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- Hopf Bifurcation
- Thermohaline Circulation
- Pitchfork Bifurcation
- Modular Ocean Model
- Multidecadal Mode
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Cessi, P. and Young, W. R. (1992). Multiple equilibria in two-dimensional thermohaline circulation. J. Fluid Mech., 241, 291–309.
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(2005). The Thermohaline Circulation. In: Nonlinear Physical Oceanography. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2263-8_6
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