Interdecadal Temperature Variations in the North Pacific Central Mode Water Simulated by an OGCM
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Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan 2International Pacific Research Center and Department of Meteorology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, U.S.A. Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan 4International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, U.S.A.; and Frontier Research System for Global Change, Yokohama 236-0001, Japan
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