Tropical paleoclimates at the Last Glacial Maximum: Comparison of Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) simulations and paleodata

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 857-874

  Pinot, S ^a   Ramstein, G ^a   Harrison, S P ^b   Prentice, I C ^b   Guiot, J ^c   Stute, M ^d   Joussaume, S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0033427504     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050318     Document Type: Article

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