The climate of the Last Glacial Maximum: Results from a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D20, 1999, Pages 24509-24525

  Bush, Andrew B G ^a   Philander, S George H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0033610394     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900447     Document Type: Article

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