Causes of model-data discrepancies in European climate during oxygen isotope stage 3 with insights from the last glacial maximum

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-113

  Pollard, David ^a   Barron, Eric J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Glacial climate; OIS 3; Regional climate model; Stage 3

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037255584     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(02)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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