Sensitivity of a general circulation model to changes in northern hemisphere ice sheets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 19077-19092

  Felzer, Benjamin ^a,c   Oglesby, Robert J ^b   Webb III, Thompson ^a   Hyman, Dena E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE IMPACT; GCM; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; ICE SHEET; PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 0030428561     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01219     Document Type: Article

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