CLIMBER-2: A climate system model of intermediate complexity. Part I: Model description and performance for present climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Petoukhov, V ^a,b   Ganopolski, A ^a   Brovkin, V ^a   Claussen, M ^a,c   Eliseev, A ^b   Kubatzki, C ^a   Rahmstorf, S ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033957109     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007919     Document Type: Article

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