On the position of southern hemisphere westerlies at the Last Glacial Maximum: An outline of AGCM simulation results and evaluation of their implications

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 881-898

  Wyrwoll, Karl Heinz ^a   Dong, Buwen ^b   Valdes, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY;

EID: 0034100487     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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