Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global model of intermediate complexity

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6665, 1998, Pages 351-356

  Ganopolski, Andrey ^a   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^a   Petoukhov, Vladimir ^a   Claussen, Martin ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM CLIMATE; GLACIAL COOLING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032556914     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34839     Document Type: Review

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