Simulation of the Younger Dryas climate in Europe using a regional climate model nested in an AGCM: Preliminary results

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 30, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 41-57

  Renssen, H ^a,b   Isarin, R F B ^a   Jacob, D ^c   Podzun, R ^d   Vandenberghe, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Europe; General circulation models; High resolution methods; Simulation; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034831634     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(01)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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