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Science 27 September 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5590, pp. 2223 - 2224
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074029
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Perspectives

CLIMATE:
The Ocean's Role in Atlantic Climate Variability

Martin Visbeck

Atlantic climate variability is an important driving force of climate in the surrounding land areas. In his Perspective, Visbeck explores recent advances toward understanding and predicting climate variability in the tropical Atlantic and the North Atlantic, and elucidating the role played by the ocean's circulation.

The author is in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10960, USA. E-mail: visbeck{at}ldeo.columbia.edu

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