Mid-Holocene greening of the Sahara: First results of the GAIM 6000 year BP experiment with two asynchronously coupled atmosphere/biome models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 643-659

  De Noblet Ducoudre N ^a   Claussen, M ^b   Prentice, C ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HOLOCENE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033809539     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820000074     Document Type: Article

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