The response of the coupled arctic sea ice-atmosphere system to orbital forcing and ice motion at 6 kyr and 115 kyr BP

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 873-896

  Vavrus, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ICE MOVEMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; RESPONSE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033102114     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0873:trotca>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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