Simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum climates using a general circulation model: prescribed versus computed sea surface temperatures

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 571-591

  Dong, B ^a   Valdes, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031691681     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050242     Document Type: Article

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