Radiative forcing and response of a GCM to ice age boundary conditions: Cloud feedback and climate sensitivity

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 821-834

  Hewitt, C D ^a   Mitchell, J F B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD FEEDBACK; GCM; ICE SHEET RECONSTRUCTION; INSOLATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031408639     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050199     Document Type: Article

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