The simulated response of the climate system to changes in soil moisture parameterization under paleoclimatic boundary conditions at 6000 years before present

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 635-660

  Vettoretti, G ^a   Peltier, W R ^a   McFarlane, N A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; MODEL VALIDATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0033863636     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-104     Document Type: Article

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