Mid-holocene and Last Glacial Maximum African monsoon changes as simulated within the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 51-66

  Braconnot, P ^a   Joussaume, S ^a   De Noblet, N ^a   Ramstein, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Last Glacial Maximum; Mid Holocene; Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONSOON; SEASONALITY; SIMULATION; WEST AFRICA;

HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033724682     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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