Palaeoclimate sensitivity to CO2 and insolation

AMBIO

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-37

  Berger, André ^a,b   Loutre, Marie France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Chemin du Cyclotron ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INSOLATION; LLN 2-D;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0030620731     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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